Protocol-based CT-guided brachytherapy for patients with prostate cancer and previous rectal extirpation-a curative approach.
Philipp SchubertVratislav StrnadThomas WeißmannClaudia SchweizerMichael LotterStephan KreppnerAndre KariusRainer FietkauRicarda MertenPublished in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2024)
CT-guided transperineal brachytherapy of the prostate in patients with previous rectal surgery and radiation therapy is safe and represents a possible curative treatment option. Brachytherapy can be considered for patients with metachronic prostate cancer in this specific scenario, albeit preferably in experienced high-volume centers.
Keyphrases
- prostate cancer
- radiation therapy
- rectal cancer
- locally advanced
- high dose
- radical prostatectomy
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- minimally invasive
- radiation induced
- randomized controlled trial
- low dose
- squamous cell carcinoma
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance
- atrial fibrillation
- surgical site infection
- combination therapy
- percutaneous coronary intervention