title: Acute Toxicity and Quality of Life After Dose-Intensified Salvage Radiation Therapy for Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Prostatectomy: First Results of the Randomized Trial SAKK 09/10.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Patients with biochemical failure (BF) after radical prostatectomy may benefit from dose-intensified salvage radiation therapy (SRT) of the prostate bed. We performed a randomized phase III trial assessing dose intensification.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with BF but without evidence of macroscopic disease were randomly assigned to either 64 or 70 Gy. Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy or intensity-modulated radiation therapy/rotational techniques were used. The primary end point was freedom from BF. Secondary end points were acute toxicity according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (version 4.0) and quality of life (QoL) according to the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires C30 and PR25.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three hundred fifty patients were enrolled between February 2011 and April 2014. Three patients withdrew informed consent, and three patients were not eligible, resulting in 344 patients age 48 to 75 years in the safety population. Thirty patients (8.7%) had grade 2 and two patients (0.6%) had grade 3 genitourinary (GU) baseline symptoms. Acute grade 2 and 3 GU toxicity was observed in 22 patients (13.0%) and one patient (0.6%), respectively, with 64 Gy and in 29 patients (16.6%) and three patients (1.7%), respectively, with 70 Gy (P = .2). Baseline grade 2 GI toxicity was observed in one patient (0.6%). Acute grade 2 and 3 GI toxicity was observed in 27 patients (16.0%) and one patient (0.6%), respectively, with 64 Gy, and in 27 patients (15.4%) and four patients (2.3%), respectively, with 70 Gy (P = .8). Changes in early QoL were minor. Patients receiving 70 Gy reported a more pronounced and clinically relevant worsening in urinary symptoms (mean difference in change score between arms, 3.6; P = .02).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dose-intensified SRT was associated with low rates of acute grade 2 and 3 GU and GI toxicity. The impact of dose-intensified SRT on QoL was minor, except for a significantly greater worsening in urinary symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. pirus.ghadjar@charite.de.
authors.forename: Pirus
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghadjar
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayoz
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jürg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernhard
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Zwahlen
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hölscher
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gut
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guckenberger
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hildebrandt
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Arndt-Christian
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ludwig
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Plasswilm
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papachristofilou
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stalder
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Biaggi-Rudolf
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sumila
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kranzbühler
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Yousef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Najafi
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Piet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ost
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ngwa C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Azinwi
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bodis
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Khanfir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaouthar
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wust
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: George N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Thalmann
authors.affiliation: Pirus Ghadjar, Jürg Bernhard, George N. Thalmann, and Daniel M. Aebersold, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern; Stefanie Hayoz, Lukas Stalder, and Christine Biaggi-Rudolf, Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Coordinating Center; Jürg Bernhard, International Breast Cancer Study Group Coordinating Center, Bern; Daniel R. Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Philipp Gut, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern; Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; Alexandros Papachristofilou, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Marcin Sumila, Hirslanden Hospital Group, Zürich; Helmut Kranzbühler, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich; Yousef Najafi, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich; Ngwa C. Azinwi, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona; Christiane Reuter, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen; Stephan Bodis, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau; Khanfir Kaouthar, Hôpital Valais, Sion, Switzerland; Pirus Ghadjar and Peter Wust, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Tobias Hölscher, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden; Matthias Gluckenberger, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg; Guido Hildebrandt, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock; Arndt-Christian Müller, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and Piet Ost, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Aebersold
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000097:blood* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011788:Quality of Life; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / Q000009:adverse effects; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D057566:Self Report; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014554:Urination / Q000528:radiation effects; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen