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ArticleCancers2023

The Prognostic Value of DCE-MRI Findings before Salvage Radiotherapy after Radical Prostatectomy.

Alessia Farneti, Marta Bottero, Adriana Faiella, Diana Giannarelli, Luca Bertini, Valeria Landoni, Patrizia Vici, Pasqualina D'Urso, Giuseppe Sanguineti

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Article in Cancers, 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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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessia FarnetiRadiation Oncology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Marta BotteroRadiation Oncology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8105-2942
Adriana FaiellaRadiation Oncology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Diana GiannarelliBiostatistics, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Luca BertiniRadiology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Valeria LandoniPhysics, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Patrizia ViciPhase IV Studies, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7528-9783
Pasqualina D'UrsoRadiation Oncology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe SanguinetiRadiation Oncology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate the predictive role of dynamic contrast-enhanced-magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) findings before salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy (RP).

methodsThis retrospective study selected patients with biochemical failure (BF) after RP restaged with DCE-MRI. Patients underwent sRT in 30 fractions delivering 66-69 Gy and 73.5 Gy to the prostatic fossa and to the local failure as per DCE-MRI, respectively. Pelvic nodes were treated to 54 Gy in selected patients. The endpoint was BF after sRT.

resultsIn total, 236 patients were analyzed and 146 (61.9%) had presumed local failure at DCE-MRI: 54.8%, 23.8% and 21.4% were found at the vesico-urethral anastomosis (VUA), the bladder neck and the retro-vesical space, respectively. The presence of a local failure at DCE-MRI halved the risk of BF; VUA-only location and lesion volume were independently correlated with survival without evidence of biochemical failure (bNED) at multivariable analysis. For patients with VUA-only disease up to 0.4 cc, the 4-year-bNED was 94.6% (95%CI: 80.2-98.6%) as opposed to 80.9% (95%CI: 71.6-87.4%) and 73.7% (95%CI: 63.1-81.8%) for other lesions and no macrodisease, respectively.

conclusionsDCE-MRI at restaging for BF after RP provides predictive and therapeutic information. Patients with small lesions at the VUA have an excellent prognosis after sRT.

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biochemical failuredynamic contrast enhancement magnetic resonance imaginglocal failureprostate cancersalvage radiotherapy

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PMID36831588
PMCPMC9954112
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