Postprostatectomy adjuvant versus salvage radiotherapy
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Adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy.
BACKGROUND Following radical prostatectomy, between 15 and 60% of all patients with pT3 prostate cancer experience persistence or increasing levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as a sign of tumor persistence or progression within 5 years. Retrospective studies have shown a rate of 35-55% of positive biopsies from the vesicourethral anastomosis in this situation. Best treatment for these d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20949