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wise — Atlanta, September 22, 2013 – The American Society for Radiation
Oncology (ASTRO) will highlight the recently published Adjuvant and Salvage Radiotherapy
After Prostatectomy: ASTRO/AUA Guideline during
ASTRO’s 55th Annual Meeting, September 22-25, 2013, in Atlanta.
The guideline focuses on radiation therapy after prostatectomy
for patients with and without evidence of prostate cancer recurrence, and is a
joint effort between ASTRO and the American Urological Association (AUA).
The
81-page document represents an intensive collaboration among experts in the
radiation oncology and urology fields, led by Richard K. Valicenti, MD, MBA,
professor and chair of the department of radiation oncology at the University
of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sacramento, on behalf of
ASTRO, and Ian M. Thompson Jr., MD, director of the Cancer Therapy and Research
Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the
Glenda and Gary Woods Distinguished Chair in genitourinary oncology, on behalf
of the AUA.
