Abstract # 2779 Combined Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy and External Beam Radiotherapy Result in a Favorable Acute Urinary Symptom Profile Relative to Brachytherapy Monotherapy at the Same Biological Equivalent Dose (BED)

Presenter: Cesaretti, Jamie

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Conclusions:
The LDREBRT approach to radiotherapy dose escalation for prostate cancer appears to offer clinically meaningful benefit to patient's urinary quality of life by affording a relative decrease in urinary bother over LDRM at very high radiotherapy doses, above what is commonly prescribed. Should dose escalation be considered, the patient and care team may consider combination therapy more attractive than monotherapy because of the decrease in acute urinary morbidity.