title: Single-institution results of primary external-beam radiation for the treatment of t1-t3 prostate cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate survival and toxicity rates after primary external-beam radiation for the treatment of prostate cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of 306 patients treated with conformal external beam radiation between 1996 and 2001 were collected. These were evaluated in terms of overall, cause-specific and disease-free survival as well as toxicity. Furthermore, an investigation of possible risk factors was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Toxicity rates compared favorably with other series with 5.2% RTOG 1-2 and no RTOG > 2 long-term side effects. Actuarial 5-year overall survival rates with and without biochemical failure were 77% versus 78%, cancer-specific survival was 85.41% versus 100%, and disease-free survival was 71.54%, respectively. Potential risk factors for cancer-related death were biochemical failure, initial serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and Gleason score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Toxicity rates were found to be surprisingly low compared to other series, which is likely due to low daily dose and consistent MR-based treatment planning. In terms of survival, no significant differences to other trials could be observed. Initial PSA and Gleason score were significant predictors for treatment outcome in terms of survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. wolfgang.weiss@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Horninger
authors.forename: Britta C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Forthuber
authors.forename: Hanno
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ulmer
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lukas
authors.forename: Reinhart A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sweeney
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D002423:Cause of Death; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen