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Table 1 Patients' characteristics

From: Permanent 125I-seed prostate brachytherapy: early prostate specific antigen value as a predictor of PSA bounce occurrence

Age

Median (range)

67 (49-80)

IPSS status (before BT)

mean (SD)

3.6 (3.5)

 

median (range)

3 (0-17)

 

P25-P75

1-5

Technique

free seeds

69 (34.8%)

 

FIRST

129 (65.2%)

Risk group (D'Amico)

Low risk

141 (71.2%)

 

Intermediate risk

57 (28.8%)

Pre-BT PSA

median (range)

7.2 (0.4 - 18.4)

 

P25-P75

5.5 - 8.7

Per-op. dosimetric data

  

Prostate volume

median (range)

35 (14 - 61.9)

 

P25-P75

27.8 - 40.4

D95%

median (range)

166 (105-220)

 

P25-P75

154-180

D90%

median (range)

182 (131-235)

 

P25-P75

171-195

V144Gy

median (range)

98.4 (82.7-100)

 

P25-P75

96.8-99.5

# seeds

median (range)

74 (40-120)

 

P25-P75

63-83

Seeds density (N/cc)

median (range)

2.1 (1.5-4.0)

 

P25-P75

1.9-2.4