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Therapeutic Castration

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Radiation Therapy of Benign Diseases

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The use of therapeutic castration by radiation has diminished in the last decade due to effects such as irregular and slower hormonal decrease compared to surgery. However, it may be used if appropriate in special circumstances in the advanced breast cancer patient. Seventy-five percent of radiation oncologists would treat for therapeutic purposes in the national survey.

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  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 21205, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Stanley E. Order MD, ScD, FACR (Director Radiation Oncology)

  2. School of Medicine, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Sarah S. Donaldson MD, FACR (Professor of Radiation Oncology)

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Order, S.E., Donaldson, S.S. (1990). Therapeutic Castration. In: Radiation Therapy of Benign Diseases. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97160-0_17

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