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How would you manage a patient with PSA persistence after RALP demonstrating metastasis in regional lymph nodes without further evidence of disease on bone or CT scans?

Does performance status, age, or urinary incontinence after surgery affect your recommendations?
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Radiation Oncology · Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
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First, if possible, I would try to get a PSMA PET/CT. If that is negative, this patient should be started on long-term ADT. In terms of radiation, if they were a candidate for radical prostatectomy, the age/performance status question is probably not a major concern unless their health status has un...

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