How do you assess whether a patient is suitable for prostate SBRT?

At UCLA, we do not routinely use a prostate volume/size threshold when considering whether a patient is a good candidate for SBRT or not. There are data from the Georgetown group that suggest that men with prostate volumes ≥50 cm³ may have slightly increased acute grade ≥2 GU toxicity; these res...

This is a simple but important question.

Where does the data come for extreme dose escalation come from? The answer is LDR and largely for an end point of obstruction which was not infrequent in some series. We don't see that level of obstruction in SBRT series in either HDR like doses or more modera...

At Fox Chase, we assess prostate cancer patients for suitability for SBRT based on clinical and technical factors. Patients with low risk and favorable intermediate risk prostate cancer are candidates for SBRT. Technical factors include mostly a patients baseline urinary function. Although not an ab...