Radiation for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Becomes Less Common

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/radiation-low-risk-prostate-cancer-becomes-less-common-2026a10015ha?ecd=WNL_trdalrt_pos1_ous_261104_etid8866062&uac=148436CN&impID=8866062 Among patients receiving radiation for localized prostate cancer, the proportion with low-risk disease declined more than 5-fold from 2010 to 2023 in SEER and more than 10-fold from 2010 to 2024 in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health system. Additionally, among all patients diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer, the proportion of patients receiving neither radiation nor prostatectomy within 1 year increased about 2.5-fold in SEER and by nearly 2-fold in the VA.