Salvage low dose rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer recurrence following definitive external beam radiation therapy.
CONCLUSIONS: Salvage LDR brachytherapy is safe and efficacious, with acceptable grade 3+ toxicity and good biochemical control on long-term follow-up. Patients with higher grade group and higher PSA at initial diagnosis may be at increased risk for biochemical failure.
PMID: 33075391 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: Smith WH, Cesaretti J, Peng Chin C, Terk M, Stock RG Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research
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