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RADICAL RADIOTHERAPY FOR CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE: LOCALIZED AND EXTENDED FIELD TREATMENT
Author(s) -
Nacey J. N.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02508.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation proctitis , radiation therapy , proctitis , prostate , adenocarcinoma , complication , carcinoma , urology , surgery , radiology , cancer , disease , ulcerative colitis
From 1972 to 1981, 50 patients who received radical radiotherapy for clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate have been reviewed. Of these 50 patients, 70% showed some degree of reaction to the radiotherapy in the form of minor, transient urinary or bowel symptoms. Significant complications occurred in 20%, the most common of which was proctitis. There was no apparent relation of complication rate to the extent of the radiation field. The overall corrected 5 year survival was 74%.