Katsumasa Nakamura, Keiji Nihei, Yoshihiro Saito, Naoto Shikama, Shin-Ei Noda, Ryusuke Hara, Toshiyuki Imagumbai, Takashi Mizowaki, Takeshi Akiba, Etsuo Kunieda, Masanori Someya, Saiji Ohga, Jiro Kawamori, Takuyo Kozuka, Yosuke Ota, Koji Inaba, Takeshi Kodaira, Yoshiyuki Itoh, Kouta Funakoshi, Yoshikazu Kagami
BACKGROUND: The aim of this multi-institutional phase II study was to confirm the safety and the potential efficacy of moderately hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with prostate-based image-guidance for Japanese patients. METHODS: Patients with low- or intermediate-risk localized prostate cancer were eligible. Patients with a part of high risk (having only one of the following factors, cT3a, 20 < PSA ≤ 30, or GS = 8 or 9) were also included...
April 17, 2024: International Journal of Clinical Oncology