Radiation Plus Hormone Therapy Cuts Prostate Cancer Mortality by 50% in men with Locally Advanced Disease
Investigators have reported, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO) 50th Annual Meeting, that when radiation is added to anti-androgen therapy (ADT), survival rates are increased by 50% in men receiving only ADT. "This randomized trial is the first to show that men with locally advanced prostate cancer will survive substantially longer [...]