Late Gastrointestinal Morbidity After Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Fades With Time in Contrast to Genitourinary Morbidity

To investigate the incidence, time course, and relation to irradiated volumes of late morbidity after three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (RT) for prostate cancer.From January 2000 to December 2001, a total of 247 patients with prostate cancer received a target dose of 70 Gy using conformal RT. Forty-eight patients (20%) received irradiation to the prostate only (Group P), 154 patients (62%) received irradiation to the prostate and...