title: Role of surgery in managing local recurrence following external-beam radiation therapy.
abstract: Salvage surgery for radiation failure in prostate cancer has improved over the last 10 to 15 years owing to earlier detection of failure and better selection of patients. Regardless of the percentage of complications associated with this procedure, it presents the only viable alternative for potential cure of patients failing radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pontes
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D016879:Salvage Therapy
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen