Patients were randomized to one of two treatment
arms, where 292 patients received brachytherapy alone (the B group) and 287 patients received 45
Gy partial EBT to the pelvic area in addition to brachytherapy (the EBT+B group).
Patients were randomized to one of two treatment
arms: the conventional fractionation group (CF) received 78
Gy of image - guided RT to the prostate in 39 treatments of 2
Gy each over eight weeks, and the extreme hypofractionation group (E-HF) received 42.7
Gy in seven treatments of 6.1
Gy each over two and a half weeks.
Patients were randomized to four different treatment
arms: SFX (2
Gy / fraction / day to 70
Gy in 35 fractions over seven weeks), HFX (1.2
Gy / fraction, twice daily, to 81.6
Gy over seven weeks), AFX - S (1.6
Gy / fraction, twice daily, to 67.2
Gy over six weeks, with a two - week break after 38.4
Gy) and AFX - C (total dose of 72
Gy delivered over six weeks in 1.8
Gy daily fractions and additional 1.5
Gy boost field in the afternoon during the last 12 days of treatment).