Non-cancer mortality in elderly prostate cancer patients treated with combination of radical prostatectomy and external beam radiation therapy.
Mike WenzelChristoph WürnschimmelFrancesco ChierigoZhe TianShahrokh F ShariatCarlo TerroneFred SaadDerya TilkiMarkus GraefenPhilipp MandelLuis A KluthFelix K H ChunPierre I KarakiewiczPublished in: The Prostate (2021)
Elderly patients treated with RP and EBRT exhibited worrisome rates of OCM. These higher than expected OCM rates question the need for combination therapy (RP and EBRT) in elderly PCa patients and indicate the need for better patient selection, when combination therapy is contemplated.
Keyphrases
- combination therapy
- radical prostatectomy
- prostate cancer
- radiation therapy
- middle aged
- end stage renal disease
- community dwelling
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk factors
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular events
- case report
- squamous cell carcinoma
- cardiovascular disease
- patient reported outcomes
- squamous cell
- radiation induced
- coronary artery disease
- childhood cancer
- electron microscopy