Prospective Evaluation Of Hypofractionated Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy For Low And Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer
Radiosurgery should be ideal for treating prostate cancer because:
- targeting accuracy for static targets is excellent, with an error of about 1mm,
- it can adjust for intra-fractional organ motion, reducing the volume of the target PTV
and therefore the dose to surrounding organs,
- by using over one-hundred non-conplanar beams, the dose gradient between the prostate
and surrounding tissues may be superior to that achieved with conventional linear
accelerators,
- the radiobiology of prostate cancer may favor large dose per fractions.
Interventional
Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
To determine, in both low-risk and intermediate-risk cohorts, the rates of acute and late grade 3 or higher GI and GU toxicity observed during a 24 month follow up
24 months
Yes
Dwight E Heron, MD
Principal Investigator
University of Pittsburgh
United States: Institutional Review Board
09-031
NCT00977860
October 2010
December 2023
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UPMC Shadyside Radiation Oncology | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232 |