TERRONE , Carlo

No description

Treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer is still a challenge. Combined treatments including hormone therapy, radiotherapy, and/or surgery can achieve less than 50% of disease free survival at 10 years. Almost 50% of patients with locally advanced disease after radical prostatectomy experience local relapse and biochemical failure occurs...

Intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy (IOERT) for prostate cancer (PC) is a radiotherapeutic technique, giving high doses of radiation during radical prostatectomy (RP). This paper presents the published treatment approaches for intraoperative radiotherapy analyzing functional outcome, morbidity, and oncological outcome in patients with...