(HealthDay)—Clinical guidelines on adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy have been updated, according to the American Society for Radiation Oncology and the American ...

No clear consensus guidelines exist for managing biochemically recurrent prostate cancer (PCa) after radical prostatectomy (RP), but evidence suggests salvage radiotherapy (SRT) is a viable option ...

Similarly, late grade 2 or worse genitourinary toxicities were documented in 27% of patients in the adjuvant radiotherapy group, vs 7% of those in the salvage radiotherapy group (P < .0001).

Recurrent disease following primary radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer is a common problem, occurring in up to 46% of patients. For these patients, therapeutic options include salvage ...

The American Urological Association released a clinical practice guideline pertaining to salvage therapy for men with prostate cancer.The guideline, issued in collaboration with American Society ...

Yet still, it was the first study to show that ADT could benefit patients undergoing salvage radiation, he said. Findings from SPPORT, which were presented at last year's ASTRO meeting and tested ...

More information: Richard L.J. Qiu et al, Deep learning-assisted lesion segmentation in PET/CT imaging: A feasibility study for salvage radiation therapy in prostate cancer, Oncoscience (2024 ...

Current guidelines recommend all men be offered hormone therapy when receiving salvage radiotherapy (SRT) following prostate cancer surgery and subsequent biochemical recurrence.

June 18 -- TUESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Countering common medical theory, a new study finds that radiation therapy may save the lives of many men whose prostate cancer recurs aggressively ...

Mogensen AW et al. The Use of PSMA PET/CT Improves Overall Survival in Men with Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer ...

Only a subset of patients with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy (RP) will develop systemic progression and benefit from salvage radiation therapy (SRT ...