Much ado about nothing? Assessing the actual benefits of proton beam therapy for prostate cancer

Mario Terlizzi; Alberto Bossi

doi:10.1177/03915603241283296

Much ado about nothing? Assessing the actual benefits of proton beam therapy for prostate cancer

Urologia. 2024 Oct 12:3915603241283296. doi: 10.1177/03915603241283296. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Mario Terlizzi¹, Alberto Bossi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Radiation Oncology Department, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
² Amethyst Radiotherapy Group, La Garenne Colombes, France.

PMID: 39394888
DOI: 10.1177/03915603241283296

Abstract

We are discussing and commenting on the paper by Yu et al. titled "Updated Analysis of Comparative Toxicity of Proton and Photon Radiation for Prostate Cancer," published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology in June 2024.

Keywords: Prostate cancer; external beam radiation therapy; proton beam radiation therapy; technology; toxicity.

Publication types

Letter