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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2023

Adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with node-positive prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy.

Huan Chen, Min Qu, Haoqing Shi, Zhenyang Dong, Yan Wang, Xu Gao

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2023. 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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Huan Chen *Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Min Qu *Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Haoqing ShiDepartment of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Zhenyang DongDepartment of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China. wy_smmu@163.com.
Xu GaoDepartment of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China. gaoxu_changhai@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9040-4970

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Abstract

purposeOur study was to determine whether immediate androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) plus radiotherapy (RT) extends survival in men with node-positive prostate cancer (PCa) after radical prostatectomy (RP) compared with those who received ADT alone.

methodsA total of 99 consecutive patients with pathological positive lymph nodes (pN1) PCa were included in this study to receive immediate ADT plus RT (n = 70) or to receive immediate ADT alone (n = 29). The primary endpoint was castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) free survival; the secondary endpoints were distant metastasis-free survival. Cox regression was used to assess the independent risk factors for CRPC.

resultsThe median follow-up time was 34.0 (24.8, 47.8) months and 34.25 (23.0, 49.0) months, respectively, in the ADT + RT group and ADT-alone group. The 5-year CRPC-free survival rate was 79.5% and 58.3%, respectively, in the ADT + RT group and ADT-alone group (p = 0.308). The 5-year distant metastasis-free survival rate was 71.4% and 38.8, respectively, in the ADT + RT group and ADT-alone group (p = 0.478). Compared with ADT-alone group, we saw a modest, but no significant improvement in CRPC-free survival and distant metastasis-free survival in ADT + RT group. The results of Cox regression showed that positive lymph nodes ≥ 4 was an independent risk factor for CRPC (p = 0.041).

conclusionsWe found that immediate ADT plus RT compared to ADT alone did not improve CRPC-free and metastasis-free survival. Multivariate Cox regression analyses also indicated that patients with positive lymph nodes < 4 may benefits from ADT plus RT.

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Prostatic NeoplasmsAndrogen AntagonistsHumansLymphatic MetastasisMaleProstatectomyProstate-Specific AntigenRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesAndrogen AntagonistsProstate-Specific AntigenAndrogen deprivation therapyCastration-resistant prostate cancerPathological positive lymph nodesRadical prostatectomyRadiotherapy

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PMID36308526
PMCPMC11796632

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