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Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Surgery: The Impact of Age and Tumor Characteristics

Authors :
Markus Graefen
Alberto Briganti
Fred Saad
Giorgio Gandaglia
Firas Abdollah
Jonas Shiffmann
Pierre I. Karakiewicz
Francesco Montorsi
Deepansh Dalela
Dane E. Klett
Maxine Sun
James O. Peabody
Mani Menon
Abdollah, Fira
Karakiewicz, Pierre I.
Gandaglia, Giorgio
Dalela, Deepansh
Klett, Dane E.
Shiffmann, Jona
Montorsi, Francesco
Briganti, Alberto
Saad, Fred
Graefen, Marku
Peabody, James O.
Menon, Mani
Sun, Maxine
Source :
European urology focus. 1(2)
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

Background: The overall mortality (OM) and cancer-specific mortality (CSM) benefits of adjuvant radiotherapy (aRT) in treating prostate cancer (PCa) patients with adverse pathologic characteristics at radical prostatectomy (RP) are unclear. Objective: To test the impact of aRT on survival in PCa patients treated with RP according to adverse pathologic characteristics (Gleason score [GS] 8-10; pT3b/4, lymph node invasion [LNI]) and age categories (

Details

ISSN :
24054569
Volume :
1
Issue :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
European urology focus
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....0e476b19702a61edf0a766371e923726