The LDR BURST trial: a randomised controlled trial comparing the side effects of low-dose-rate brachytherapy against ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy using spacer gel treatment in men with Cambridge Prognostic Groups 1–3 prostate cancer

William Hayhurst, Santiago Uribe-Lewis, Jennifer Uribe, Christos Mikropoulos, Sophie Otter, Chee Goh, Sheel Mehta, Katie Wood, Claire Deering, Donna Higgins, Suzanne Langley, Mark Long, Agnieszka Michael, Stephen Langley, Carla Perna

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114633
Published: 2026-04
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114633,
  title = {The LDR BURST trial: a randomised controlled trial comparing the side effects of low-dose-rate brachytherapy against ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy using spacer gel treatment in men with Cambridge Prognostic Groups 1–3 prostate cancer},
  author = {William Hayhurst and Santiago Uribe-Lewis and Jennifer Uribe and Christos Mikropoulos and Sophie Otter and Chee Goh and Sheel Mehta and Katie Wood and Claire Deering and Donna Higgins and Suzanne Langley and Mark Long and Agnieszka Michael and Stephen Langley and Carla Perna},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114633},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114633}
}

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TI  - The LDR BURST trial: a randomised controlled trial comparing the side effects of low-dose-rate brachytherapy against ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy using spacer gel treatment in men with Cambridge Prognostic Groups 1–3 prostate cancer
AU  - William Hayhurst
AU  - Santiago Uribe-Lewis
AU  - Jennifer Uribe
AU  - Christos Mikropoulos
AU  - Sophie Otter
AU  - Chee Goh
AU  - Sheel Mehta
AU  - Katie Wood
AU  - Claire Deering
AU  - Donna Higgins
AU  - Suzanne Langley
AU  - Mark Long
AU  - Agnieszka Michael
AU  - Stephen Langley
AU  - Carla Perna
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114633
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Hayhurst, W., Uribe-Lewis, S., Uribe, J., Mikropoulos, C., Otter, S., Goh, C., Mehta, S., Wood, K., Deering, C., Higgins, D., Langley, S., Long, M., Michael, A., Langley, S., & Perna, C. (2026). The LDR BURST trial: a randomised controlled trial comparing the side effects of low-dose-rate brachytherapy against ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy using spacer gel treatment in men with Cambridge Prognostic Groups 1–3 prostate cancer. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114633

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