He will receive radiation later today.
At Sloan-Kettering, women in this group do not routinely receive radiation.
Of 1,555 patients who did not receive radiation therapy, 15percentt refused it.
About half of all cancer patients receive radiation treatment in the course of their disease.
Approximately 50 percent of all individuals diagnosed with cancer receive radiation therapy.
Twelve of them receive radiation from bending magnets with the remaining four from a 7-T wavelength shifter.
Women were picked at random to receive radiation therapy, or not, and followed for a median of 9.5 years.
While some such men also receive radiation therapy, there has been skepticism among many doctors that such treatment is needed.
The studies done elsewhere showed higher recurrence rates for women in that category who did not receive radiation than for American women in similar circumstances.
After the pellets stop being radioactive, Mr. Giuliani will receive radiation treatment from an external source, which improves long-term survival rates, his doctors said.
Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, has prostate cancer and will receive radiation therapy in a month, the company said today.
