About RADICALS
RADICALS is a large clinical trial which is taking place
in the UK, Canada, Denmark and the
Republic of Ireland at the moment.
It is a phase III randomised controlled trial that will recruit
approximately 3000 men to help answer two important questions for
men who have had surgery for prostate cancer:
- Which is the best way to use radiotherapy after surgery?
- Which is the best way to use hormone treatment with any
radiotherapy given after surgery
In breast cancer, surgery is followed by radiotherapy and
hormone treatment, because the combination is better than surgery
alone. In prostate cancer, surgery alone is a standard
treatment, and we are not sure how best to use radiotherapy and
hormone treatment after surgery.
The trial may be suitable at some point for most men who have a
radical prostatectomy.
Read more about RADICALS
News
2nd December 2011
Updated CRFs have been sent to all centres and can also be found
on the Information for participating
centres page here. Please ensure you are using the
correct version each CRF.
24th November 2011
The latest editions of the RADICALS newsletters are available to
read here:
RADICALS-RT
Newsletter
RADICALS-HD
Newsletter
23rd November 2011
The Quality of Life assessment is one of the most important
assessments in RADICALS-RT as there is currently limited
patient-reported data on symptoms and morbidities associated with
treatments after radical prostatectomy. All RADICALS-RT patients
are encouraged to contribute to this part of RADICALS.
It is important that centre staff remember to ask
these patients to complete the forms at baseline, year one,
year five and year ten. Centres will be receiving information
soon regarding their quality of life compliance
rates.
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