Optimal timing of salvage radiotherapy for biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy: is ultra-early salvage radiotherapy beneficial?
Satoru TaguchiKenshiro ShiraishiHiroshi FukuharaKeiichi NakagawaTeppei MorikawaAkihiro NaitoShigenori KakutaniYuta TakeshimaHideyo MiyazakiTohru NakagawaTetsuya FujimuraHaruki KumeYukio HommaPublished in: Radiation oncology (London, England) (2016)
No survival benefit of ultra-early salvage radiotherapy was demonstrated, whereas delayed salvage radiotherapy was associated with worse outcome as reported in previous studies. Our results may support the current recommendations that salvage radiotherapy should be undertaken after two consecutive PSA values ≥0.2 ng/mL and before reaching 0.5 ng/mL.