U.S., May 1 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06950307) titled 'Hypofractionation for Prostate Cancer in Africa: A Feasibility Study' on April 15.
Brief Summary: Hypofractionated radiotherapy (HFRT) is a technique that delivers a higher radiation dose per treatment fraction over a shorter overall number of fractions, thus reducing the number of radiotherapy visits required to complete a course of radiation therapy. HFRT significantly alleviates the burden of transportation, accommodation, and income loss for patients while mitigating the strain on already limited healthcare personnel and infrastructure resources.
Several randomized studies conducted in Europe and the USA have demonstrated that HF...