Cancer control and functional outcomes of salvage radical prostatectomy for radiation-recurrent prostate cancer: a systematic review of the literature.

  • Daher C Chade
  • James Eastham
  • Markus Graefen
  • Jim C Hu
  • R Jeffrey Karnes
  • Laurence Klotz
  • Francesco Montorsi
  • Hendrik van Poppel
  • Peter T Scardino
  • Shahrokh F Shariat

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Abstract

Prostate cancer (PCa) recurrence following definitive radiation therapy (RT) remains a vexing challenge for the practicing physician. Salvage radical prostatectomy (SRP) has not been recognized yet as a valuable therapeutic option.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number5
ISSN0302-2838
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22280856