These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Long-term outcomes of salvage radiotherapy for PSA-recurrent prostate cancer: validation of the Stephenson nomogram.
    Author: Hugen CM, Polcari AJ, Quek ML, Garza RP, Fitzgerald MP, Flanigan RC.
    Journal: World J Urol; 2010 Dec; 28(6):741-4. PubMed ID: 20449749.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Approximately one-third of patients who undergo radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer will ultimately develop a biochemical recurrence. We report our long-term outcomes of salvage radiotherapy (SRT), and in so doing, validate a recently published prognostic nomogram. METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed of all patients treated with SRT following radical prostatectomy for biochemical PSA recurrence at our institution between 1992 and 2003. We calculated the probability of 6-year biochemical progression-free survival following SRT and performed a goodness-of-fit test to ascertain whether the previously published nomogram correctly predicted our observations. RESULTS: During the study period, 96 patients were treated with SRT. At a median follow-up of 71 months, 44 (46%) had a durable PSA-free response. There was no significant difference between the observed progression-free survival and that predicted by the Stephenson nomogram (P = 0.7). Multivariate logistic regression analysis determined that PSA value at the initiation of SRT (P = 0.02) and pathologic Gleason Score (P = 0.04) were significantly associated with the probability of recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: During the study period, nearly half of patients treated with SRT for PSA recurrence following radical prostatectomy had a durable treatment response. We found the predictive nomogram developed by Stephenson, et al. to be valid when tested on our independent cohort of patients.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]