Brachytherapy plus ADT helpful in prostate cancer

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Brachytherapy plus ADT helpful in prostate cancer

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In high-risk prostate cancer patients treated with dose-escalated radiotherapy, low-dose-rate brachytherapy and androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) might improve clinical outcome, a retrospective study suggests.

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