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How do you handle risk stratifying and radiation treatment in a patient with concurrent MRI diagnosed asymptomatic prostatitis and prostate cancer diagnosis?

How reliable is MRI only diagnosis of prostatitis? Assume no prior PSA and Group grade 2 or 3. Would you treat prostatitis? How do you deal with ADT especially if PSA is >20? What are your fields and fractionation?
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Radiation Oncology · Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
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My concern, in this case, is that whatever has been uncovered by the MRI might be artificially elevating the PSA, which might result in erroneously classifying the patient into a higher risk category, leading to more treatment than is necessary. Personally, I have never seen a clinically significant...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida
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I don’t recall encountering this situation. If described by the diagnostic radiologist and is symptomatic, antibiotics for a month and repeat the MR and PSA. I don’t think that they would likely change. That said, I’m often wrong!

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Radiation Oncology · Dattoli Cancer Center
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I would stage the patient per usual based on Gleason Score and staging workup and plan on treatment accordingly. I would also try to identify the cause of prostatitis since if the patient desires radiation treatment, my experience has been that these patients have more bothersome voiding symptoms. M...

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