Androgen deprivation and late rectal bleeding after radiotherapy for prostate carcinoma

Purpose/Objective: We had previously found that adjuvant androgen deprivation (AAD) impacts late rectal toxicity in patients with localized prostate carcinoma treated with radiotherapy (RT). The present study focuses on the duration of AAD with the aim of investigating whether its duration is correlated with late rectal bleeding.Materials/Methods: 233 patients from 3 institutions were treated with radical or postoperative RT between 1994 and...