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IMRT has less harmful rectal side effects than 3D-CRT for prostate cancer patients, study suggests IMRT has less harmful rectal side effects than 3D-CRT for prostate cancer patients, study suggests

- (Science Daily) - 7 months, 3 weeks ago...

Men with localized prostate cancer treated with a newer technology, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), have more than a quarter (26 percent) fewer late bowel and rectal side effects and a statistically improved lower dose of radiation to the bladder and rectum, compared to those who undergo 3D-CRT, according to a new randomized study....

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