title: Radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
abstract: Radiation therapy is an effective treatment for newly diagnosed prostate cancer, salvage treatment, or for palliation of advanced disease. Herein we briefly discuss the indications, results, and complications associated with brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy, when used as monotherapy and in combination with each other or androgen deprivation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. bridget.koontz@duke.edu
authors.forename: Bridget F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Koontz
authors.forename: W Robert
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome