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- Title
Effect of Neoadjuvant Hormonal Treatment on the Necessity of Secondary Radiotherapy in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer.
- Authors
Berczi, Csaba; Docs, Janos; Thomas, Ben; Bacso, Zsolt; Flasko, Tibor
- Abstract
Objective: The goal of this study was to see how neoadjuvant hormonal therapy affected the frequency of secondary radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy for high-risk prostate tumors. Materials and Methods: Further, 527 patients with high-risk prostate cancer were divided into two groups. In group 1 (n=139), neoadjuvant androgen deprivation treatment was administered prior to surgery, whereas it was not applied preoperatively in group 2 (n=388). Results: Biochemical progression was observed in 27 patients (19.4%) in group 1 and 54 patients (13.9%) in group 2 (p=0.148). Adjuvant and salvage irradiation were administered to patients with pT2 cancer who received neoadjuvant hvsormonal therapy in 17.3% and 7.1% of the cases, respectively, whereas in cases without prior neoadjuvant treatment, adjuvant and salvage irradiation were administered in 21.6% and 5.4% (p=0.370 and p=0.523). Clinically advanced cancer patients who received neoadjuvant hormonal treatment had adjuvant and salvage irradiation in 34.1% and 2.4% of the cases, whereas patients who did not receive neoadjuvant treatment had adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy in 35.9% and 7.6% of the cases (p=0.856 and p=0.278). Conclusion: Although neoadjuvant hormonal treatment improved local tumor control, it did not reduce the frequency of secondary radiotherapy significantly. Overall, and in the cT2 subgroup, there was a relative decrease in the number of adjuvant treatments compared to salvage treatments in neoadjuvant-treated patients.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTICS; DRUG efficacy; PREOPERATIVE care; BIOCHEMISTRY; DISEASE progression; HORMONES; ANTIANDROGENS; RADICAL prostatectomy; RETROSPECTIVE studies; SURGERY; PATIENTS; CANCER patients; COMPARATIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; COMBINED modality therapy; RADIOTHERAPY; SALVAGE therapy; PROSTATE tumors; EVALUATION
- Publication
Üroonkoloji Bülteni, 2021, Vol 20, Issue 4, p219
- ISSN
2147-2270
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4274/uob.galenos.2021.2021.9.1