Marieke Juliet van Son1, Max Peters2, Marinus A Moerland2, Jan J W Lagendijk2, Wietse S C Eppinga2, Taimur T Shah3, Hashim U Ahmed3, Jochem R N van der Voort van Zyp2. 1. Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: M.J.vanSon-2@umcutrecht.nl. 2. Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. 3. Department of Surgery and Cancer, Division of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Urology, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Most patients with local prostate cancer recurrence after radiation therapy undergo palliative androgen deprivation therapy because whole-gland salvage treatments have a high risk of severe toxicity. Focal treatment reduces this risk while offering a second opportunity for cure. We report updated outcomes of ultrafocal salvage high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT). METHODS AND MATERIALS: Prospectively collected data from the first 50 treated patients were analyzed. Disease status was assessed by 3T multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 18F-Choline or 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography, and systematic or tumor-targeted biopsies. Ultrafocal salvage HDR-BT (1 × 19 Gy) was performed by implanting the clinical target volume (CTV: gross tumor volume + 5 mm margin) under fused transrectal ultrasound/MRI guidance. Follow-up included toxicity grading (using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events 4.0), quality of life assessment, and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. RESULTS: Median follow-up was 31 months. Median CTV D95% was 18.8 Gy. We observed 2% grade 3 genitourinary toxicity, no grade 3 gastrointestinal toxicity, and 22% newly developed grade 3 erectile dysfunction. Five of 13 patients (38%) with self-reported pretreatment potency (International Index of Erectile Function >17) remained potent. Clinically relevant quality of life deterioration was reported for only 6 of 31 items and was not statistically significant. Biochemical failure (nadir + 2) occurred in 26 patients. Among intraprostatic recurrences, 73% were in field. After 2.5 years, biochemical disease-free survival was 51% (95% confidence interval, 37%-69%), metastases-free survival was 75% (64%-89%), androgen deprivation therapy-free survival was 90% (82%-99%), and overall survival was 98% (94%-100%). Presalvage PSA, CTV size, and stage ≥T3 were significantly associated with biochemical failure. Higher-risk patients (stage ≥T3, PSA ≥10, or PSA double time ≤9 months) had 25% biochemical disease-free survival at 2.5 years versus 71% for lower-risk patients. CONCLUSIONS: At this early stage, MRI-guided ultrafocal HDR-BT seems to be a safe salvage treatment option, with acceptable biochemical control in a well-selected group of patients and potential for effectively postponing androgen deprivation therapy.
PURPOSE: Most patients with local prostate cancer recurrence after radiation therapy undergo palliative androgen deprivation therapy because whole-gland salvage treatments have a high risk of severe toxicity. Focal treatment reduces this risk while offering a second opportunity for cure. We report updated outcomes of ultrafocal salvage high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT). METHODS AND MATERIALS: Prospectively collected data from the first 50 treated patients were analyzed. Disease status was assessed by 3T multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 18F-Choline or 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography, and systematic or tumor-targeted biopsies. Ultrafocal salvage HDR-BT (1 × 19 Gy) was performed by implanting the clinical target volume (CTV: gross tumor volume + 5 mm margin) under fused transrectal ultrasound/MRI guidance. Follow-up included toxicity grading (using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events 4.0), quality of life assessment, and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. RESULTS: Median follow-up was 31 months. Median CTV D95% was 18.8 Gy. We observed 2% grade 3 genitourinary toxicity, no grade 3 gastrointestinal toxicity, and 22% newly developed grade 3 erectile dysfunction. Five of 13 patients (38%) with self-reported pretreatment potency (International Index of Erectile Function >17) remained potent. Clinically relevant quality of life deterioration was reported for only 6 of 31 items and was not statistically significant. Biochemical failure (nadir + 2) occurred in 26 patients. Among intraprostatic recurrences, 73% were in field. After 2.5 years, biochemical disease-free survival was 51% (95% confidence interval, 37%-69%), metastases-free survival was 75% (64%-89%), androgen deprivation therapy-free survival was 90% (82%-99%), and overall survival was 98% (94%-100%). Presalvage PSA, CTV size, and stage ≥T3 were significantly associated with biochemical failure. Higher-risk patients (stage ≥T3, PSA ≥10, or PSA double time ≤9 months) had 25% biochemical disease-free survival at 2.5 years versus 71% for lower-risk patients. CONCLUSIONS: At this early stage, MRI-guided ultrafocal HDR-BT seems to be a safe salvage treatment option, with acceptable biochemical control in a well-selected group of patients and potential for effectively postponing androgen deprivation therapy.
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