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For persistent PSA elevation after prostatectomy, would you recommend salvage radiation if pathologically negative nodes, but regional and non-regional lymphadenopathy on PSMA PET?

Specifically, would you offer salvage radiation to a patient who underwent a prostatectomy with PLND and had a post-op PSA of 12 with pathology revealing adenocarcinoma 4+3+5, pT3a N0, and positive margins? PSMA PET revealed regional and non-regional nodes up to the cervical chain.
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Radiation Oncology
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While based on classical staging methods, it appears that he would fulfill the criteria for salvage RT with a persistent PSA, it sounds like this patient has M1a disease by advanced imaging (possibly at presentation). I think that it is very unlikely that he would gain any meaningful benefit from ad...

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Medical Oncology · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Unfortunately, this is patient more in line with LATITUDE than any of the standard SRT studies. The role in this case of further focal therapy with both regional and non-regional nodes is less clear.

This patient is an outstanding candidate for intensified AR suppression. Should there have been only ...

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