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A Comparison of External Beam Radiation Therapy Versus Radical Prostatectomy for Patients with Low Risk Prostate Carcinoma Diagnosed, Staged, and Treated at a Single Institution by Alvaro A. Martinez; Jose A. Gonzalez; Andrew K. Chung; Larry L. Kestin; Mamtha Balasubramaniam; Ananias C. Diokno; Ellen L. Ziaja; Donald S. Brabbins; Frank A. Vicini is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background: The authors retrospectively reviewed their institution's long term experience treating a group of comparably staged low risk prostate carcinoma patients with either radical prostatectomy or external beam radiation therapy (rt) to determine whether the method of treatment resulted in significant differences in biochemical control and/or survival. ## Methods: From january of 1987 through december of 1994, 382 patients (157 who underwent radical prostatectomy and 225 who received external beam rt) were treated with curative intent for localized prostate carcinoma at william beaumont hospital. all patients had a pretreatment serum prostate specific antigen (psa) level < or =10.0 ng/ml and a biopsy gleason score or =0.2 ng/ml at any time after prostatectomy. for rt patients, biochemical failure was defined according to the american society for therapeutic radiology and oncology consensus panel definition. pretreatment psa levels and gleason scores were not significantly different between patients treated with radical prostatectomy or rt. the median follow-up in each treatment group was 5.5 years. ## Results: The 7-year actuarial rates of biochemical control and cause spe

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Author

Alvaro A. Martinez; Jose A. Gonzalez; Andrew K. Chung; Larry L. Kestin; Mamtha Balasubramaniam; Ananias C. Diokno; Ellen L. Ziaja; Donald S. Brabbins; Frank A. Vicini

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0008-543X)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)