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Week of alpha-blocker initiation relative to start of external beam therapy, stratified by radiation cohort.
| XRT Therapy Cohort | Number. of patients* | Alpha-blocker Initiated (weeks) | p† | |
| Mean ± SD | Median | |||
| Prostate Only | 30 | 4.7 ± 2.2 | 4.5 | 0.941 |
| Pelvis | 26 | 4.7 ± 2.4 | 4.5 | |
| Overall | 56 | 4.7 ± 2.3 | 4.5 | |
* – Does not include patients who started alpha-blockers prior to treatment.
† p-value determined by one-way ANOVA
