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Mark K. Buyyounouski, MD, MS, on Prostate Cancer: Hypofractionated vs Conventional Radiotherapy After Surgery

2021 ASTRO Annual Meeting

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Mark K. Buyyounouski, MD, MS, of Stanford University, discusses phase III results from the NRG Oncology GU003 trial, which showed that, post-prostatectomy, using fewer—but higher—doses of radiation does not appear to increase long-term side effects or reduce quality of life when compared with conventional radiation treatment (Abstract 3).



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