David Dearnaley, Isabel Syndikus, Georges Sumo, Margaret Bidmead, David Bloomfield, Catharine Clark, Annie Gao, Shama Hassan, Alan Horwich, Robert Huddart, Vincent Khoo, Peter Kirkbride, Helen Mayles, Philip Mayles, Olivia Naismith, Chris Parker, Helen Patterson, Martin Russell, Christopher Scrase, Chris South, John Staffurth, Emma Hall
BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer might have high radiation-fraction sensitivity, implying a therapeutic advantage of hypofractionated treatment. We present a pre-planned preliminary safety analysis of side-effects in stages 1 and 2 of a randomised trial comparing standard and hypofractionated radiotherapy. METHODS: We did a multicentre, randomised study and recruited men with localised prostate cancer between Oct 18, 2002, and Aug 12, 2006, at 11 UK centres. Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive conventional or hypofractionated high-dose intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and all were given with 3-6 months of neoadjuvant androgen suppression...
January 2012: Lancet Oncology