Papachristofilou, Alexandros; Ghadjar, Pirus; Zimmermann, Frank (2013). Salvage Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy. In: Medical Radiology (pp. 243-252). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer 10.1007/174_2013_939
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Salvage radiation therapy is the sole curative treatment for patients experiencing biochemical relapse after radical surgical treatment of prostate cancer. The main dilemma in salvage radiation therapy is, whether or not biochemical relapse represents purely localized recurrent disease in the prostatic fossa or systemic micrometastasis. Initiating salvage radiation therapy at an early time point raises its chances of success, but may lead to overtreatment of patients. Target volume definition and treatment techniques are a matter of current research, with still many questions unanswered. Strategies of treatment escalation either by increasing the treatment dose or combining radiation therapy with androgen deprivation therapy are being addressed in clinical trials.
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Book Section (Book Chapter) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Radiation Oncology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Ghadjar, Pirus |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0942-5373 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Beatrice Scheidegger |
Date Deposited: |
24 Apr 2014 09:14 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:31 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/174_2013_939 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/47814 |
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