Study: Radiation boosts prostate cancer survival

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Study: Radiation boosts prostate cancer survival

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(AP) -- Doctors are reporting a key advance in treating men with cancer that has started to spread beyond the prostate: survival is significantly better if radiation is added to standard hormone treatments.

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