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Type And Dose Of Radiotherapy Used For Initial Treatment Of Non-Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Dian Wang, Alex Ho, Ann S. Hamilton, Xiao-Cheng Wu, Mary Lo, Steven Fleming, Michael Goodman, Trevor Thompson, Jean Owen
Type And Dose Of Radiotherapy Used For Initial Treatment Of Non-Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Dian Wang, Alex Ho, Ann S. Hamilton, Xiao-Cheng Wu, Mary Lo, Steven Fleming, Michael Goodman, Trevor Thompson, Jean Owen
Epidemiology and Environmental Health Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: We sought to describe patterns of initial radiotherapy among non-metastatic prostate cancer (PC) patients by recurrence risk groups.
METHODS: Medical records were abstracted for a sample of 9017 PC cases diagnosed in 2004 as a part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Prostate and Breast Patterns of Care Study in seven states. Non-metastatic PC cases are categorized as low-risk (LR), intermediate-risk (IR) or high-risk (HR) groups based on pretreatment PSA, tumor stage, and Gleason score per 2002 NCCN guidelines. Univariate and multivariate analyses were employed to determine factors associated with the type and dose of radiotherapy by …