Marisa A Kollmeier1, Sean McBride2, Amandeep Taggar2, Erik Anderson2, Mary Lin2, Xin Pei2, Shi Weiji3, Laszlo Voros4, Gilad Cohen4, Yoshiya Yamada2, Michael J Zelefsky2. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Electronic address: kollmeim@mskcc.org. 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. 3. Department of Epidemiology-Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. 4. Department of Medical Physics, Brachytherapy Division, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Salvage brachytherapy is a treatment option for patients with locally recurrent prostate cancer after primary radiation therapy. We reviewed our experience using low-dose-rate (LDR) or high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy to compare the outcome and toxicity profiles of each approach in the salvage brachytherapy setting. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Ninety-eight patients with biopsy-proven locally recurrent prostate cancer who underwent salvage brachytherapy (LDR = 37; HDR = 61) following an initial course of definitive radiotherapy between 4/2003 and 4/2015 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent salvage brachytherapy using LDR or HDR. Androgen deprivation therapy was used in 45% of the patients. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) failure was determined using the Phoenix (nadir+2) definition. Toxicity was graded using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4 and patient-reported questionnaires. RESULTS: Median followup was 31 months. The 3-year PSA relapse-free survival (RFS) was 60.1% (95% CI, 49.6-72.5%). There was no difference between LDR and HDR brachytherapy in terms of PSA RFS (p = 0.84 by log-rank test). On multivariate analysis, only prostate-specific antigen doubling time (PSADT) <12 months was significantly associated with PSA relapse. The 3-year PSA RFS for patients with a PSADT <12 months was 39% compared with 73% for PSADT ≥12 months (p = 0.002 by long-rank test). There were no statistically significant differences in toxicity between LDR and HDR brachytherapy. There was a higher peak in urinary symptoms in LDR patients; however by 24-36 months, most patients in both groups returned to baseline. CONCLUSIONS: Both LDR and HDR salvage brachytherapy are an excellent treatment options for appropriately selected patients with comparable outcome and toxicity. Patients with a PSADT < 12 months seem to have worse outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Salvage brachytherapy is a treatment option for patients with locally recurrent prostate cancer after primary radiation therapy. We reviewed our experience using low-dose-rate (LDR) or high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy to compare the outcome and toxicity profiles of each approach in the salvage brachytherapy setting. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Ninety-eight patients with biopsy-proven locally recurrent prostate cancer who underwent salvage brachytherapy (LDR = 37; HDR = 61) following an initial course of definitive radiotherapy between 4/2003 and 4/2015 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent salvage brachytherapy using LDR or HDR. Androgen deprivation therapy was used in 45% of the patients. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) failure was determined using the Phoenix (nadir+2) definition. Toxicity was graded using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4 and patient-reported questionnaires. RESULTS: Median followup was 31 months. The 3-year PSA relapse-free survival (RFS) was 60.1% (95% CI, 49.6-72.5%). There was no difference between LDR and HDR brachytherapy in terms of PSA RFS (p = 0.84 by log-rank test). On multivariate analysis, only prostate-specific antigen doubling time (PSADT) <12 months was significantly associated with PSA relapse. The 3-year PSA RFS for patients with a PSADT <12 months was 39% compared with 73% for PSADT ≥12 months (p = 0.002 by long-rank test). There were no statistically significant differences in toxicity between LDR and HDR brachytherapy. There was a higher peak in urinary symptoms in LDR patients; however by 24-36 months, most patients in both groups returned to baseline. CONCLUSIONS: Both LDR and HDR salvage brachytherapy are an excellent treatment options for appropriately selected patients with comparable outcome and toxicity. Patients with a PSADT < 12 months seem to have worse outcomes.
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