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In the phase 3 GETUG-AFU 18 trial, high-dose radiotherapy (80 Gy) combined with long-term androgen deprivation therapy markedly improved 10-year progression-free and overall survival in high-risk prostate cancer patients, without additional toxicity.

Recent findings indicate that pre-WBRT administration of bevacizumab, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEEP) may significantly improve brain-specific progression-free survival in breast cancer patients with brain metastases.