Trimodal therapy with high-dose-rate brachytherapy and hypofractionated external beam radiation combined with long-term androgen deprivation for unfavorable-risk prostate cancer.
Keiichiro MoriHiroshi SasakiYuki TsutsumiShun SatoYuki TakiguchiShun SaitoEriko NishiGen IshiiToshihiro YamamotoYusuke KoikeJun MikiTatsuya ShimomuraTakahiro KimuraKenta MikiShahrokh F ShariatHiroyuki TakahashiManabu AokiShin EgawaPublished in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2021)
While the outcome of this trimodal approach appears favorable, VHR PCa patients had significantly worse oncological outcomes than those with HR PCa. The NCCN risk subclassification should be integrated into prognostic tools to guide risk stratification, treatment, and follow-up for unfavorable PCa patients receiving this trimodal therapy.
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