A biochemical definition of cure after brachytherapy for prostate cancer - Radiotherapy and Oncology, Published: April 27, 2020

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Looks like 4 years of <0.2 PSA post-treatment gets you a "biochemical cure". (= disease-free beyond 10 years.)

Study Highlights

• Close to 80% of men 4–5 years after LDR prostate brachytherapy will achieve a PSA of 0.2 ng/ml or less.

• PSA ≤ 0.2 ng/ml is associated with 97–99% freedom from prostate cancer recurrence at 10–15 years.

• This applies across all risk groups and to LDR brachytherapy alone or combined with ADT and/or EBRT.

Abstract is here:

thegreenjournal.com/article...

Full Article:

sci-hub.tw/10.1016/j.radonc...

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