title: [Radiotherapy in prostatic carcinoma].
abstract: Treatment of patients with prostate cancer has become one of the most frequent indications in radiation oncology. Reasons for this fact may be the increasing number of elderly patients, early diagnosis and urologists who are familiar with the possibility of tumor control by radiation. The treatment results and side effects of modern techniques are presented. Many questions concerning treatment policy remain unanswered. Due to the long natural history of prostate cancer we will have to endorse clinical trials and wait many years for their results.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Radioonkologie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huguenin
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Lütolf
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted