Prostate cancer deaths ‘lowered by radiotherapy’

DEATHS from high-risk prostate cancer can be cut by giving men radiation treatment as well as hormonal therapy, research has shown.

A trial involving 1,200 men with locally advanced cancers found additional radiotherapy led to 43% fewer deaths after seven years.

All the men received standard hormone therapy, which uses drugs to prevent testosterone fuelling the cancer. Half the participants were also given radiation treatment.