Treatment failure and clinical progression after salvage therapy in men with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy: radiotherapy vs androgen deprivation.
Song C, Kim YS, Hong JH et al.
In prostate cancer, the 5-year recurrence rates following radical prostatectomy (RP) with curative intent are 12–40%. In patients with biochemical recurrence alone, identification of those with either local or distant recurrence can be problematic, particularly when recommending different forms of salvage therapy. The decision is often made based on the probability of the site of recurrence as well as other medical, compliance, and economic factors.