Individualization of Adjuvant Therapy After Radical Prostatectomy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Current Status and Future Directions.
Clin Genitourin Cancer
; 14(1): 12-21, 2016 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Radiation therapy indications in the postprostatectomy setting are evolving. Several retrospective series have identified a number of "high-risk" pathologic features associated with an elevated risk of disease recurrence after radical prostatectomy. More recently, several randomized phase III trials demonstrated superior biochemical relapse-free survival for adjuvant radiation therapy after prostatectomy for patients with these high-risk pathologic features, including positive margin status, extraprostatic extension, and/or seminal vesicle invasion. These series further suggested improvement in distant metastasis control and overall survival after 15 years. However, not all patients with high-risk features experience disease recurrence after surgery alone, and some subsets of patients experience suboptimal disease control and survival despite immediate postoperative radiotherapy. Furthermore, some patients without high-risk features will develop recurrence. The present review discusses the current data and potential future directions to improve individualization of therapy after prostatectomy.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Próstata
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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Male
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En
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Clin Genitourin Cancer
Assunto da revista:
NEOPLASIAS
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UROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article