Salvage radiation in men after prostate‐specific antigen failure and the risk of death

BACKGROUND: A survival benefit has been observed with salvage radiation therapy (RT) for prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) failure after radical prostatectomy (RP) in men with rapid rises in PSA doubling time (DT,

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Published in:Cancer 2011-09, Vol.117 (17), p.3925-3932
Main Authors: Cotter, Shane E., Chen, Ming Hui, Moul, Judd W., Lee, W. Robert, Koontz, Bridget F., Anscher, Mitchell S., Robertson, Cary N., Walther, Philip J., Polascik, Thomas J., D'Amico, Anthony V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aged
Androgen Antagonists - therapeutic use
Antigens
Biological and medical sciences
Cancer
Cancer surgery
Cause of Death
Comorbidity
Failure
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Diseases - complications
Humans
Male
males
Medical prognosis
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Mortality
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Prostate cancer
Prostate-Specific Antigen - metabolism
Prostatectomy
Prostatic Neoplasms - complications
Prostatic Neoplasms - metabolism
Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality
Prostatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Radiation
Radiation therapy
radical prostatectomy
Recurrence
Reduction
Regression analysis
Retrospective Studies
Risk
Risk Assessment
Risk reduction
salvage
Salvage Therapy
survival
Treatment Failure
Tumors
Tumors of the urinary system
Urinary tract. Prostate gland
Urological surgery
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Summary:BACKGROUND: A survival benefit has been observed with salvage radiation therapy (RT) for prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) failure after radical prostatectomy (RP) in men with rapid rises in PSA doubling time (DT,
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/cncr.25993