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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 13 8:44am | Replies (42)Comment receiving replies
Although, to be frank, the risk of causing secondary cancers is very low with modern radiation therapies anyway, so you'd be looking at maybe a reduction from 2% extra risk to 1.5% extra risk (those are just example numbers, but in the approximate range).
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Here is a Stanford study, which shows the likelihood of developing a cancer is extremely small.
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In a study of about 145,000 men with prostate cancer, the team found that the rate of developing a later cancer is 0.5% higher for those who received radiation treatment than for those who did not. Among men who received radiation, 3% developed another cancer, while among those who were treated without radiation, 2.5% developed another cancer.
Here is a link to the full study from Stanford
Prostate radiation only slightly increases the risk of developing another cancer, Stanford researchers find https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/070/prostate-radiation-slightly-increases-the-risk-of-developing-ano.html