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Radiotherapy as effective as surgery for prostate cancer
Royal Marsden trial finds targeted beam treatment offers similar disease control with far fewer urinary side effects
A targeted form of radiotherapy is as effective as surgery for prostate cancer and has fewer side effects, a study has found.
Men who received the ultra-precise treatment, called stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), were just as likely to be cancer... [4173 chars]
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