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SUBMITTER: Pasquier D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5956854 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pasquier David D Bogart Emilie E Bonodeau François F Lacornerie Thomas T Lartigau Eric E Latorzeff Igor I
BMC cancer 20180516 1
<h4>Background</h4>Prospective trials have demonstrated the advantage of dose-escalated radiotherapy for the biochemical and clinical control of intermediate risk prostate cancer. Dose escalation improves outcomes but increases risks of urinary and bowel toxicity. Recently the contribution of "spacers" positioned in the septum between the rectum and the prostate could improve the functional results of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). To date most of the evaluated devices were polyet ...[more]