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The study found that 96 per cent of men who received five doses of multi-beam radiotherapy were cancer-free after five years, compared with 95 per cent who received at least 20 doses of standard radiotherapy. Side effects, such as needing to urinate more often, were low in both groups. Traditionally, prostate cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy had this administered over almost 40 sessions, though this was reduced to 20. The trial shows that administering the treatment at a higher dose of five sessions, timetabled over two weeks, results in equally good outcomes.
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