Immediate or Delayed Radiation After Radical Prostatectomy: Which is Better?
Many men who undergo radical prostatectomy are found to have cancer growing outside the gland. Often, doctors recommend radiation to the prostate bed after urinary control returns. A previous well done study showed that immediate radiation did improve survival at 10 years but it never answered the question whether radiation could be delayed. Now a good study has addressed this question and it is discussed in the accompanying video.