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Table 4 Past studies on salvage RT for biochemical recurrence after RP

From: Impact of pathological tumor stage for salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate-specific antigen < 1.0 ng/ml

Study

Patients (n)

Median pre-RT PSA (ng/ml)

prognostic factors after salvage RT

bRDS(%)

Hagan et al [7]

91

4.5

pre-RT PSA (< 1.0 ng/ml)

55 (5-year)

Quero et al [8]

59

1.43

pre-RT PSA (< 1.0 ng/ml)

41.2 (5-year)

Macdonald et al [9]

121

1.4

pre-RT PSA (< 0.2 ng/ml)

NA

Anscher et al [10]

89

1.4

pre-RT PSA (< 2.5 ng/ml), RT dose (> 65 Gy)

50 (4-year)

Chawla et al [20]

54

1.3

Gleason score (≤ 6), time to detectable postoperative PSA

35 (5-year)

Tsien et al [21]

57

1.2

Gleason score (< or = 7)

58 (5-year)

Neuhof et al [4]

171

1.1

Gleason score (< 7), pre-RT PSA (< 1.0 ng/ml)

35.1 (5-year)

Jacinto et al [22]

43

0.87

PSADT (> 4.0 months)

71 (3-year)

Taylor et al [23]

66

0.8

delayed rise in PSA after RP

66 (5-year)

Pazona et al [11]

307

0.8

pre-RT PSA (< 1.3 ng/ml), Seminal vesicle

40 (5-year)

Stephenson et al [6]

501

0.72

Gleason score (≤ 7), pre-RT PSA (≤ 2.0 ng/ml),

PSADT (> 10 months)

45 (4-year)

Buskirk et al [12]

368

0.7

pT2-3a, Gleason score (≤ 7), Pre-RT PSA (< 1.0 ng/ml)

46 (5-year)

Bernard et al [13]

364

0.6

RT dose (> 66.6 Gy, patients with pre-RT PSA < 0.6 ng/ml)

50 (5-year)

Ward et al [24]

211

0.6

PSADT (> 12 months)

34 (10-year)

King et al [25]

37

0.49

PSAV (≤ 1.0 ng/ml/year)

NA

Wiegel et al [26]

162

0.33

PSA undetectable after salvage RT (< 0.1 ng/ml)

54 (3.5-year)

Tomita et al [27]

51

0.25

PSADT (> 3.0 months), Gleason Score, RT dose (≥ 60 Gy)

55.1 (3-year)

Terai et al [14]

37

0.146

cT1-2, pT2, pre-RT PSA (> 0.15 ng/ml)

54 (5-year)

  1. Abbreviations: RT = radiotherapy, RP = radical prostatectomy, PSA = prostate-specific antigen, bRDS = biochemical relapse-free survival, PSADT = PSA doubling time, PSAV = PSA velocity, NA = not available