Abstract
We administered adjuvant radiation therapy to 56 selected patients with carcinoma of the prostate whose disease was upstaged to stage C or D1 after radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy. The complications associated with radiation therapy were minimal. The local recurrence rate was 2% after mean follow-ups of 67 and 53 months for patients with stage C and D1 disease, respectively. The actuarial 5-year survival rate free of disease was 76% for patients with stage C and 72% with stage D1a cancer. Further exploration of the role of adjuvant radiation therapy in the treatment of patients with pathological stage C or D1a disease is warranted.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 238-241 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | European Urology |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |
