Trends in Use and Comparison of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Brachytherapy, and Dose-Escalated External Beam Radiation Therapy for the Management of Localized, Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Kevin A. Nguyen, University of California Los Angeles; Alan Lee, University of California Los Angeles; Sagar Patel, Emory University; Arun Chakravorty, University of California Los Angeles; James b. Yu, Yale University; Amar U. Kishan, University of California Los Angeles; Albert J. Chang, University of California Los Angeles
• Language: English
• Date: 2020-09-24
• Publisher: American Medical Association
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2020 Nguyen KA et al. JAMA Network Open.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17144
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: JAMA Open Network
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 9
• Start Page: e2017144
• End Page: e2017144
• Grant/Funding Information: None declared
• Keywords: General & Internal Medicine; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Science & Technology; Medicine, General & Internal
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Radiology; Health Sciences, Oncology; Health Sciences, Rehabilitation and Therapy

Abstract

This cohort study examines trends in the use of brachytherapy, external beam radiotherapy, and stereotactic body radiation therapy for disease management in patients with localized prostate cancer and compares outcomes between these therapies.