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Near-term implementable finding

Patient-clinician symptom agreement before and after radiotherapy for prostate cancer: results from the randomized HYPO-RT-PC study.

Patient-reported outcome measures are recommended for monitoring treatment-related symptoms during radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer (PC). However, agreement between patient- and clinician-reported symptoms is often low.

Patient-reported outcome measures are recommended for monitoring treatment-related symptoms during radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer (PC). However, agreement between patient- and clinician-reported symptoms is often low.

What the study was

Study design
Randomized Controlled Trial (inferred)
Category
Treatment Innovation
Maturity
Potentially Practice-Changing
Journal
Radiother Oncol

Why it surfaced

Sentinel scan match. Study design: Randomized Controlled Trial (inferred). Score: 8/10 (N:1, R:3, D:2, P:2).

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