Radiotherapy halves deaths from prostate cancer 15 years after diagnosis

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/uu-rhd050916.php

Public Release: 9-May-2016
Radiotherapy halves deaths from prostate cancer 15 years after diagnosis
Umea University

A longitudinal Nordic study, comparing the results of hormone (antiandrogen) therapy with or without the addition of local radiotherapy, shows that a combination of treatments halves the risk of death from prostate cancer 15 years after diagnosis. This according to a follow-up study recently published in the journal European Urology.

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