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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)

A type of radiation therapy used to treat prostate cancer

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Jan 12, 2026

What evidence supports early salvage radiotherapy versus adjuvant radiotherapy for pN1 prostate cancer?

Randomized trials and a high-profile prospective meta-analysis comparing adjuvant radiotherapy (aRT) versus early salvage radiotherapy (eSRT) after prostatectomy showed no clear event‑free survival ad...

Jan 10, 2026

What evidence links refusal of conventional cancer treatment in favor of alternative therapies to survival outcomes?

Multiple large retrospective cohort studies find that patients who decline conventional cancer treatments and rely instead on alternative medicine have worse survival, in some analyses more than doubl...