Andre Konski, M.D., M.B.A., M.A, Clinical Research Director, Radiation Oncology Department at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, and colleagues reviewed the five-year survival rates of prostate cancer patients aged under 55 and found that "external beam radiation at appropriate dose levels has been shown to be equivalent to permanent prostate seed implant and radical prostatectomy in the treatment of patients with stage T1-2 prostate cancer."
The authors added that conservative approach and not radical one could be the answer in younger men.
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