- Suitable treatment for anyone
(no selection criteria)
- No
hospitalization is required
- Many centres of excellence
- Less risk associated with radiation than with surgery
- Treatment does not significantly disrupt daily activities
- Outcomes relatively predictable
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- Treatment program is prolonged
(approx. 35 sessions) and daily transportation may be a
problem
- Only 9 facilities in Ontario offer radiation therapy
- Side effects of radiation:
- Impotence (50%)
- Urinary frequency & urgency (1-5%)
- Rectal bleeding (5-10%)
- The prostate is not removed
(possibility of tumor regrowth)
- Failures cannot be treated with surgery
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