From 1976 to 1988, 33 patients with a prostatic cancer were treated with radiotherapy at Kawasaki Medical School. The age of these patients ranged from 45 to 82 with the average being 69 years. The actuarial 5 year survival rates for patients in stages B (n = 6), C (n = 12), D1 (n = 5), or D2 (n = 10) were 100%, 65%, 50%, and 40%, respectively. The for those with an adenocarcinoma that was well differentiated (n = 5), moderately differentiated (n = 13), or poorly differentiated (n = 15) was (were?) 100%, 58%, and 41%, respectively.
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Izumiyama, K., Imajo, Y., Hiratsuka, J., Nishishita, S., Furukawa, Y., Suzuki, M., & Tanaka, H. (1990). Radiotherapy of prostatic cancer. Gan No Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics, 36(9), 999–1002. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4349-3_35
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