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External Beam RT for Prostate Cancer - ASTRO

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Take home points<br />

• Higher radiation doses yield higher PSA control rates<br />

• Do not use too tight of a margin<br />

• Proactively position the patient and target<br />

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• Opposed lateral beams are relatively <strong>for</strong>giving<br />

• Do not treat more of seminal vesicles than needed

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