Abstract

The role of hormone therapy as a neoadjuvant to radical prostate radiotherapy. Neoadjuvant hormone therapy may improve the therapeutic ratio of prostate radiotherapy in two ways: first, prostate shrinkage and the consequent reduction in target volume may reduce rectal toxicity, and so allow dose escalation; and second, hormone therapy may improve tumour control for a given radiation dose.

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