Salvage high dose rate brachytherapy after primary external beam irradiation in localized prostate cancer: a case report.
No standard treatment exists for locally relapsed prostate cancer after primary external beam radiotherapy with no evidence of distant metastases. Radical prostatectomy, brachytherapy, cryotherapy and high-intensity focused ultrasound are currently used as local salvage treatments. Data on the safety and effectiveness of high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy in this scenario are limited. We report on a patient who has no evidence of disease and no late urinary or gastrointestinal toxicity 33 months after receiving HDR treatment for recurrent prostate cancer.
De Cicco
Luigi
L
Division of Radiotherapy, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
Vavassori
Andrea
A
Cattani
Federica
F
Jereczek-Fossa
Barbara A
BA
Orecchia
Roberto
R
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods*