Whole pelvic radiotherapy in combination with transperineal interstitial brachytherapy: Does coverage of the pelvic lymph nodes improve treatment outcome in high-risk prostate cancer?

Nathan Bittner,Gregory S Merrick,Kent E Wallner,Wayne M Butler,Robert W Galbreath,Edward Adamovich

doi:10.1016/j.brachy.2009.03.020

Whole pelvic radiotherapy in combination with transperineal interstitial brachytherapy: Does coverage of the pelvic lymph nodes improve treatment outcome in high-risk prostate cancer?

Nathan Bittner, Gregory S Merrick + Show 4 more

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brachy.2009.03.020

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Journal: Brachytherapy

Publication Date: Apr 1, 2009

Affiliation: Tacoma/Valley Radiation Oncology Centers, Wheeling Jesuit University, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Wheeling Hospital

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Purpose: To compare biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS), cause-specific survival (CSS), and overall survival (OS) among high-risk prostate cancer patients treated with low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy and supplemental external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) using either a mini-pelvis (MP) or whole-pelvis (WP) field.

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