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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Narrow safety range of intraoperative rectal irradiation exposure volume for avoiding bleeding after seed implant brachytherapy

All patients

Mean age (y)

66.9

(51-81)

pre-HTx

yes

96

 

no

101

T-stage

1c

140

 

2a

24

 

2b

16

 

2c

14

 

3

3

Gleason Score

6

146

 

7

50

 

8

3

PSA (ng/ml)

< 10

175

 

10-20

18

 

> 20

4

  1. preHTx, history of hormone therapy before brachytherapy
  2. PSA, prostate-specific antigen