Proton radiotherapy for prostate cancer is not associated with post-treatment testosterone suppression

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1222-1226

  Nichols, R Charles ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^a   Hoppe, Bradford S ^a   Henderson, Randal H ^a   Marcus, Robert B ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a   Li, Zuofeng ^a   Williams, Christopher R ^b   Costa, Joseph A ^b   Mendenhall, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Protons; Radiotherapy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; POST TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENT; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; SERUM TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA;

BODY FLUIDS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

DISEASES;

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856391391     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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