Prostate Radiotherapy in the Era of Advanced Imaging and Precision Medicine.

ABSTRACT: Tremendous technological advancements in prostate radiotherapy have decreased treatment toxicity and improved clinical outcomes for men with prostate cancer. While these advances have allowed for significant treatment volume reduction and whole-organ dose escalation, further improvement in prostate radiotherapy has been limited by classic techniques for diagnosis and risk stratification. Developments in prostate imaging, image-guided targeted biopsy, next-generation gene expression profiling, and targeted molecular therapies now provide information to stratify patients and select treatments based on tumor biology. Image-guided targeted biopsy improves detection of clinically significant cases of prostate cancer and provides important information about the biological behavior of intraprosta

SUBMITTER: Dulaney CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4771898 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature