High-dose-rate brachytherapy combined with long-term hormonal therapy for high-risk prostate cancer: Results of a retrospective analysis

Radiation Medicine - Tập 24 - Trang 58-64 - 2006
Ryoong-Jin Oh1, Yasuo Yoshioka1, Eiichi Tanaka2, Hiroya Shiomi1, Iori Sumida1, Fumiaki Isohashi1, Osamu Suzuki1, Koji Konishi1, Yoshifumi Kawaguchi1, Satoaki Nakamura1, Masahiro Kato3, Takehiro Inoue1
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
2Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
3Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy combined with hormonal therapy (HTx), without the addition of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for high-risk prostate cancer was evaluated retrospectively. Between May 1995 and April 2002, 35 patients with prostate cancer [Stage≥T2b (UICC 1997) or tumor grading=3 or prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level≥20 ng/mL] were treated with HDR brachytherapy combined with HTx. Most patients (74%) had two or more of these factors. All patients received Iridium-192 HDR brachytherapy with a total dose of 54 Gy/9 fractions/5 days (48 Gy/8 fractions/5 days for the first 6 cases) in one implant session. The median neoadjuvant HTx [luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) agonist and antiandrogen] period was 7 months. The median adjuvant HTx (ATH) (LH-RH agonist) period was 40 months, and median follow-up was 57 months (range, 23–117 months). The 5-year actuarial biochemical control, local control, and disease-free rates were 62%, 96%, and 76% respectively. No patients experienced local and/or regional relapse without distant progression. The 5-year actuarial cause-specific survival and overall survival rates were 89% and 87%, respectively. The acute and late toxicity were moderate and well tolerated. HDR brachytherapy plus long-term HTx is at least as effective as conventional EBRT plus long-term HTx.

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