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Androgen deprivation and high-dose radiotherapy for oligometastatic prostate cancer patients with less than five regional and/or distant metastases - Abstract

Background: Substantial survival may be observed with oligometastatic prostate cancer.

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The emerging role of high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy as monotherapy for prostate cancer - Abstract

High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy as monotherapy is a comparatively new brachytherapy procedure for prostate cancer.

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A new risk classification system for therapeutic decision making with intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients undergoing dose-escalated external-beam radiation therapy - Abstract

BACKGROUND: The management of intermediate-risk prostate cancer (PCa) is controversial, in part due to the heterogeneous nature of patients falling within this classification.

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Targeted MRI-guided prostate biopsies for the detection of prostate cancer: Initial clinical experience with real-time 3-dimensional transrectal ultrasound guidance and magnetic resonance/transrectal ultrasound image fusion - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To prove the feasibility and evaluate the initial clinical results of targeted prostate biopsies using the Urostation novel platform using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) registration to help steer the biopsy needle to suspicious areas.

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Hypofractionated external-beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer - Abstract

There are radiobiological rationales supporting hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer.

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Dosimetric effects of weight loss or gain during volumetric modulated arc therapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer - Abstract

Weight loss or gain during the course of radiation therapy for prostate cancer can alter the planned dose to the target volumes and critical organs.

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Toxicity after external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer: An analysis of late morbidity in men with diabetes mellitus - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of diabetes mellitus (DM) on late genitourinary (GU) and gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity in patients treated with external beam radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer.

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Traffic-related air pollution and prostate cancer risk: A case-control study in Montreal, Canada - Abstract

OBJECTIVES: There is a paucity of information on environmental risk factors for prostate cancer.

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Hepatitis C transmission after prostate biopsy - Abstract

Prostate biopsy is a current and well-codified procedure; antibiotic prophylaxis and rectal enema limit the risk of infection.

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