Long-term results of adjuvant versus early salvage postprostatectomy radiation: A large single-institutional experience.

Journal: Practical radiation oncology
Published Date: Oct 19, 2016

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate freedom from biochemical failure (FFBF), freedom from androgen deprivation therapy (FFADT), freedom from distant metastases (FFDM), and overall survival (OS) after adjuvant radiation therapy (ART) versus early salvage radiation therapy (ESRT) in men with prostate cancer and adverse pathologic features (pT3 and/or positive surgical margins).

Authors

  • Daniela L Buscariollo
    Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Michael Drumm
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Andrzej Niemierko
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Rebecca H Clayman
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Sigolene Galland-Girodet
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France.
  • Danielle Rodin
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Adam S Feldman
    Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Douglas M Dahl
    Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Francis J McGovern
    Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Aria F Olumi
    Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Alec Eidelman
    Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • William U Shipley
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Anthony L Zietman
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Jason A Efstathiou
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: jefstathiou@partners.org.

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