Radiotherapy for local progression in patients with hormone‐refractory prostate cancer

Yuzo Furuya, Koichiro Akakura, Susumu Akimoto, Tomohiko Ichikawa, Haruo Ito

International Journal of Urology · 1999 · 19 citations · 0 references

Abstract

In patients with hormone refractory local progression without distant progression, low morbidity, low mortality radiotherapy offers a variable therapy to other palliative treatments because radiotherapy is able to control local symptoms for a long period of time.