Postoperative moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy in prostate cancer: a mono-institutional propensity-score-matching analysis between adjuvant and early-salvage radiotherapy.

Luca NicosiaRosario MazzolaClaudio VitaleFrancesco CucciaVanessa FigliaNiccolò Giaj-LevraFrancesco RicchettiMichele RigoRuggiero RuggeriStefano CavalleriFilippo Alongi

Published in: La Radiologia medica (2022)

Postoperative moderately hypofractionated RT achieved acceptable disease control rate and demonstrated no increased or unexpected toxicity. Future prospective studies should evaluate the role of postoperative RT in patients with unfavorable disease characteristics.

Keyphrases

radiation therapy
early stage
prostate cancer
patients undergoing
locally advanced
radiation induced
radical prostatectomy
oxidative stress
current status
rectal cancer