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ArticleThe Journal of urology2022

Survival Outcomes in Men with Unfavorable Intermediate-Risk and High-Risk Prostate Cancer Treated with Prostate-Only versus Whole Pelvic Radiation Therapy.

Neal Andruska, Benjamin W Fischer-Valuck, Michael Waters, Elizabeth Juarez Diaz, Temitope Agabalogun, Eric H Kim, Zachary L Smith, Randall J Brenneman, Hiram A Gay, Gerald L Andriole and 2 more

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Article in The Journal of urology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Neal AndruskaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Benjamin W Fischer-ValuckDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Springfield Memorial Hospital, Springfield, Illinois.
Michael WatersDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Elizabeth Juarez DiazDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Temitope AgabalogunDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Eric H KimSiteman Cancer Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Zachary L SmithSiteman Cancer Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Randall J BrennemanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0002-3019-8746
Hiram A GayDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0001-9766-3537
Gerald L AndrioleSiteman Cancer Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0003-4033-2352
Jeff M MichalskiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0003-0563-3766
Brian C BaumannDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0002-7482-1413
Barnes-Jewish Hospital · USWashington University in St. Louis · USMemorial Hospital · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AIMEE S JAMES · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMen with unfavorable intermediate-risk (UIR-PCa) or high-risk prostate cancer (HR-PCa) are often treated with definitive external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) plus androgen deprivation therapy. Treatment is frequently intensified by electively treating the pelvic lymph nodes (LNs) with whole pelvis radiotherapy (WPRT), but practice patterns and the benefits of WPRT are not well defined. We hypothesized that men treated with WPRT would have improved overall survival (OS) relative to men treated with prostate-only radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND

methodsNational Cancer Database records of men diagnosed between 2008-2015 with UIR-PCa or HR-PCa and treated with prostate EBRT±androgen deprivation therapy (72-86.4 Gy) with (15,175) or without (13,549) WPRT were reviewed. Risk of LN involvement was calculated using the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center nomogram. Measured confounders were balanced with inverse probability of treatment weighting and OS hazard ratios (HRs) were generated using multivariable Cox regression.

resultsOf the men, 53% received WPRT. Every 1% increase in risk of LN involvement correlated with a 1% increase in risk of death (p <0.001). WPRT trended toward improved OS in all men with UIR-PCa and HR-PCa (HR: 0.95 [95% CI: 0.90-1.006], p=0.055). WPRT correlated with improved OS in men with Gleason 9 and 10 disease (HR: 0.87 [0.78-0.98], p=0.02) or risk of LN involvement ≥10% (HR: 0.93 [0.87-0.99], p=0.03).

conclusionsMen with higher LN risk scores and Gleason grade benefited from WPRT. These results complement the recent POP-RT randomized trial in mostly positron emission tomography/computerized tomography-staged patients, demonstrating that a more heterogeneous population of men staged without functional imaging benefits from WPRT.

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ProstateProstatic NeoplasmsAndrogen AntagonistsAndrogensHumansMalePelvisAndrogen AntagonistsAndrogenslymph nodesprostatic neoplasmsradiotherapy

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