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Five-treatment radiation therapy offers an effective nonsurgical alternative for localized prostate cancer

After eight years, 91% of SBRT patients and 84% of surgery patients remained failure-free, with fewer urinary and sexual side effects after radiation.

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Five-treatment stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) provided excellent long-term cancer control with fewer urinary and sexual side effects than surgery in the first randomized trial to directly compare the treatments for localized prostate cancer.

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A study by the Royal Marsden shows that targeted radiation treatment provides a similar disease control with significantly less urinary adverse effects.

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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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