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.
Division of Radiotherapy, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
Luigi
L
De Cicco
Andrea
A
Vavassori
Federica
F
Cattani
Barbara A
BA
Jereczek-Fossa
Roberto
R
Orecchia
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*