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Table 3 Distribution of responses regarding treatments considered for low-risk prostate cancer

From: Radiation oncologists’ attitudes and beliefs about intensity-modulated radiation therapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Treatment

Participants, number (%)

Surgery

14 (70)

Active surveillance

13 (65)

Brachytherapy

13 (65)

IMRT

13 (65)

SBRT

9 (45)

Proton-beam therapy

3 (15)

3D-conformal therapy

2 (10)

Cryotherapy

2 (10)

Other treatmentsa

10 (50)

  1. Abbreviations: IMRT intensity-modulated radiotherapy, SBRT stereotactic body radiation treatment
  2. aOther treatments include image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), other types of external beam radiation, hormone therapy, high-intensity focused ultrasound, and focal laser ablation
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BMC Health Services Research

ISSN: 1472-6963

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