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Five-treatment radiation regimen poised to become standard of care, phase III data show

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Men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer can receive a complete course of radiation in just five treatments—rather than the typical 20 to 28—while maintaining excellent cancer control and improving quality of life, according to results of an international phase III trial conducted by Rodney J. Ellis. 

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