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ArticleBiomedicines2022

Postoperative Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer: Adjuvant versus Early Salvage.

Daniel Wegener, Daniel M Aebersold, Marc-Oliver Grimm, Peter Hammerer, Michael Froehner, Markus Graefen, Dirk Boehmer, Daniel Zips, Thomas Wiegel

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Article in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Daniel WegenerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0012-6589
Daniel M AebersoldDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9493-3834
Marc-Oliver GrimmDepartment of Urology, Jena University Hospital, 07743 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3084-8654
Peter HammererDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
Michael FroehnerDepartment of Urology, Zeisigwaldkliniken Bethanien Chemnitz, 09130 Chemnitz, Germany.
Markus GraefenMartini Clinic, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
Dirk BoehmerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9285-6591
Daniel ZipsDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
Thomas WiegelDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Results of three randomized clinical trials (RCTs) comparing adjuvant radiotherapy (ART) and early salvage radiotherapy (eSRT) of prostate carcinoma and a subsequent meta-analysis of the individual patient data from these RCTs were recently published. The results suggest that early eSRT is as effective and potentially less toxic than ART. Therefore, eSRT should be considered the standard of care. However, due to limitations in the RCTs, ART remains a valid treatment option in patients with the combination of high-risk features such as Gleason Score (GS) 8-10, positive surgical margins (R1) and pathological T-stage 3 or 4 (pT3/4). This article provides a critical appraisal of the RCTs and the rationale for recommendations adopted in the current national guidelines regarding patients with high-risk features after radical prostatectomy (RP): ART should be offered in case of pT3/pT4 and R1 and Gleason Score 8-10; ART can be offered in case of pT3/pT4 and R0 and Gleason Score 8-10 as well as in case of multifocal R1 (including pT2) and Gleason Score 8-10. In any case, the alternative treatment option of eSRT in case of rising PSA should be discussed with the patient.

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adjuvant radiotherapypostoperative radiotherapyprostate cancerradiotherapysalvage radiotherapy

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PMID36140357
PMCPMC9496034

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