Adjuvant versus early salvage radiotherapy: outcome of patients with prostate cancer treated with postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy

Adjuvant versus early salvage radiotherapy: outcome of patients with prostate cancer treated with postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy

Abstract Background Adjuvant (ART) and salvage radiotherapy (SRT) are two common concepts to enhance biochemical relapse free survival (BCRFS) in patients with prostate cancer (PC). We analyzed differences in outcome between ART and SRT in patients with steep decline of PSA-levels after surgery to c...

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Main Authors: Marco M. E. Vogel, Kerstin A. Kessel, Kilian Schiller, Michal Devecka, Jürgen E. Gschwend, Wilko Weichert, Jan J. Wilkens, Stephanie E. Combs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Prostatic carcinoma
Postoperative radiation therapy
Biochemical relapse
Biochemical relapse free survival time
ART
SRT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1391-0

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