Adjuvant radiotherapy vs wait-and-see strategy for pathologic T3 or margin-positive prostate cancer: A meta-analysis
American Journal of Clinical Oncology Jul 30, 2018
Shaikh MP, et al. - In pathologic T3 or margin-positive prostate cancer, a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was done to compare adjuvant radiotherapy (ART) vs a wait-and-see (WS) strategy. It was observed that ten-year metastasis-free survival was significantly improved with ART vs WS. In addition, they found that biochemical progression-free, clinical progression-free, and hormone-free survival were improved with ART. In ART, grade 2 or higher gastrointestinal and genitourinary toxicities were more common. Results of this study suggested that ART should be offered to patients with these high-risk features.
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