METHODS AND MATERIALS: Demographic, disease, and treatment characteristics of prostate cancer patients at 2 institution consortiums were charted. Of 296 men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer (defined as ≥T2b, prostate-specific antigen level >10 ng/mL, or Gleason score [GS] of 7, with none of the following: ≥T3, prostate-specific antigen level >20 ng/mL, GS ≥8, or positive nodes) treated with HDRT to a dose of 72 Gy or greater, 123 received short-course ADT and 173 did not. Univariate and multivariate analyses on biochemical failure-free survival (BFFS) (including subset analysis by disease factors) and on overall survival (OS) were performed, as were comparisons of gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicity rates.
RESULTS: For the whole group, the median dose was 75.6 Gy; the minimum follow-up was 2 years, and the median follow-up was 47.4 months. For ADT vs. no ADT, the 5-year BFFS rate was 86% vs. 79% (p = 0.138) and the 5-year OS rate was 87% vs. 80% (p = 0.159). On multivariate analysis, percent positive cores (PPC) (p = 0.002) and GS (p = 0.008) were significantly associated with BFFS, with ADT showing a trend (p = 0.055). The impact of ADT was highest in the subsets with PPC greater than 50% (p = 0.019), GS 4+3 (p = 0.078), and number of risk factors greater than 1 (p = 0.022). Only intensity-modulated radiotherapy use (p = 0.012) and GS (p = 0.023) reached significance for OS, and there were no significant differences in GU or GI toxicity.
CONCLUSIONS: Although the use of ADT with HDRT did not influence BFFS, our study suggests a benefit in patients with PPC greater than 50%, GS 4+3, or multiple risk factors. No OS benefit was shown, and ADT was not associated with additional radiotherapy-related GI or GU toxicity.
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Edelman S, Liauw SL, Rossi PJ, Cooper S, Jani AB. Are you the author?
Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Reference: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jan 13. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.036
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22245201
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