Late complications after radiotherapy for prostate cancer.

  • Horst Jung
  • Hans-Peter Beck-Bornholdt
  • V Svoboda
  • Winfried Alberti
  • T Herrmann

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyze in detail the time course of the incidence of radiation-induced late effects. For this purpose, unpublished data of patients treated by radiation therapy in Hamburg in the late 1980s were analyzed. Relatively large volumes were exposed to comparatively high doses, thus leading to a high rate of treatment-related side effects.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number11
ISSN0179-7158
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 23053139