Radical Prostatectomy, External Beam Radiotherapy, or External Beam Radiotherapy With Brachytherapy Boost and Disease Progression and Mortality in Patients With Gleason Score 9-10 Prostate Cancer

2018308 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Amar U. Kishan · University of California, Los Angeles

Ryan Cook · University of California, Los Angeles

Jay P. Ciezki · Cleveland Clinic

Ashley E. Ross · Johns Hopkins Medicine

Mark M. Pomerantz · Harvard University

Paul L. Nguyen · Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center

Talha Shaikh

Abstract

Among patients with Gleason score 9-10 prostate cancer, treatment with EBRT+BT with androgen deprivation therapy was associated with significantly better prostate cancer-specific mortality and longer time to distant metastasis compared with EBRT with androgen deprivation therapy or with RP.

Topics & Keywords

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 319, Issue 9, pp. 896-896

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.0587

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