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Stereotactic Radiotherapy (“Cyberknife”):

1. Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer
... or contracture development and proctitis. Incontinence is uncommon but averages 20 percent in men with a history of transurethral resection of the prostate.  Stereotactic Radiotherapy (“Cyberknife”) ...
2. Beyond the Abstract - Is the incidence of uretero-intestinal anastomotic stricture increased in patients undergoing radical cystectomy with previous pelvic radiation? by Devendar Katkoori, MD and Murugesan Manoharan, MD
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Radical cystectomy (RC) with urinary diversion in the setting of prior radiation therapy (RT) is historically associated with a higher incidence of ureterointestinal anastomotic ...
3. Beyond the Abstract - The effect of on-line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancer, by Dominique C. van Rooijen, MSc, et al.
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Radiotherapy, given in 20-25 fractions over 4-5 weeks, is usually the second choice for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer, behind radical cystectomy.
4. Beyond the Abstract - Dose-escalation using intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer - Evaluation of the dose distribution with and without (18)F-choline PET-CT detected simultaneous integrated boost, by Michael Pinkawa, MD
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Randomized three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy dose escalation studies have consistently shown improved biochemical control rates for prostate cancer.
5. Beyond the Abstract - Prostate cancer survivors who would be eligible for active surveillance but were either treated with radiotherapy or managed expectantly: comparisons on long-term quality of life and symptom burden, by Melissa Thong, PhD, et al.
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Men diagnosed with low-risk localised prostate cancer often face the difficulty of choosing an appropriate treatment.
6. Beyond the Abstract - A randomized trial of external beam radiotherapy versus cryoablation in patients with localized prostate cancer, by Bryan J. Donnelly, MCh
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This type of trial is very difficult to conduct, resulting in slow accrual, and ultimately, early closure.
7. Beyond the Abstract - Insufficiency fractures after pelvic radiotherapy in patients with prostate cancer, by Şefik İğdem, MD, and Sait Okkan, MD
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - In this study, we reported our experience with sacral insufficiency fractures (IF) in patients with prostate cancer who underwent pelvic radiotherapy as part of their definitive ...
8. Beyond the Abstract - Utility and health-related quality of life in prostate cancer patients 12 months after radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy, by Karen E. Bremner BSc, et al.
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The most common curative treatments for localized prostate cancer (PC), radical prostatectomy (RP) and radiation therapy (RT), have significant effects on quality of life. ...
9. Beyond the Abstract - Do we need new surgical techniques to repair vesico-vaginal fistulas? by João Paulo Zambon, MD, et al.
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Vesicovaginal fistula has been a medical and social problem and remains a surgical challenge,
10. Beyond the Abstract - Stereotactic body radiotherapy for organ-confined prostate cancer, by Alan J. Katz, MD, JD
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Our paper reports on the largest series of patients treated with CyberKnife® for prostate cancer at one institution.  
11. Beyond the Abstract - Phase II study of nitric oxide donor for men with increasing prostate-specific antigen level after surgery or radiotherapy for prostate cancer, by D. Robert Siemens, MD
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - You can teach an old dog new tricks
12. Beyond the Abstract - The use of probability maps to deal with the uncertainties in prostate cancer delineation, by Jan Korporaal, PhD student, et al.
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The increased use of new imaging techniques in radiotherapy raises new questions and challenges about how to use the images for treatment planning.
13. Beyond the Abstract - Efficacy of data capture for patient-reported toxicity following radiotherapy for prostate or cervical cancer, by Damian J.J. Farnell, MD
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Over the last 10 years, we have developed questionnaires that patients can use to score toxicity that improves the capture of late treatment effects following radiotherapy. ...
14. Beyond the Abstract - Validation of automatic target volume definition as demonstrated for (11)C-choline PET/CT of human prostate cancer using multi-modality fusion techniques, by Hyunjin Park, PhD
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Our paper tested a well-known automatic target definition algorithm on 11C-choline PET/CT of the human prostate.
15. Beyond the Abstract - A phase I/II trial of gefitinib given concurrently with radiotherapy in patients with nonmetastatic prostate cancer
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) -   Combining radical radiotherapy with targeted drugs: a new primary treatment for aggressive prostate cancer?
16. Beyond the Abstract - Intra-fraction prostate displacement in radiotherapy estimated from pre- and post-treatment imaging of patients with implanted fiducial markers, by Tomas Kron, PhD, FACPSEM, FCCPM, FInstP
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - External beam radiotherapy is one of the main treatment modalities for prostate cancer.
17. Beyond the Abstract - Predicting post-external beam radiation therapy PSA relapse of prostate cancer using pretreatment MRI, by Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, et al.
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - A number of studies, including ours, have found the presence of T3 disease on MRI to be associated with adverse outcomes after radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy for ...
18. Beyond the Abstract - Phase II trial of combined high-dose-rate brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy for adenocarcinoma of the prostate: Preliminary results of RTOG 0321, by I-Chow Hsu, MD
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - With the successful completion of protocol 0321, the RTOG has achieved several important landmarks.
19. Beyond the Abstract - Consequential late effects after radiotherapy for prostate cancer - a prospective longitudinal quality of life study, by Michael Pinkawa, MD
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - External beam radiotherapy (EBRT) is a well-established curative treatment for localized prostate cancer.
20. Beyond the Abstract - Acute myeloid leukemia incidence following radiation therapy for localized or locally advanced prostate adenocarcinoma, by Rohit P. Ojha, DrPH (ABD), MPH, et al.
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Acute myeloid leukemia as a second malignancy is one of the most common and detrimental long-term consequences of radiation therapy.