Sensitizing prostate cancer to radiotherapy

Men with prostate cancer whose disease has spread locally are primarily treated with radiation therapy. However, disease recurs in approximately half of these individuals. Strategies to enhance the efficacy of this treatment are clearly needed. Researchers have now developed an approach that enhances the therapeutic effects of radiation therapy in mice bearing human prostate cancer xenografts, which they hope can be developed for clinical use.

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