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How would you treat a patient with RP and salvage XRT now with a PET PSMA positive node?

Assume non-enlarged pelvic lymph nodes, with a PSA of 4ng/ml.
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Radiation Oncology · Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
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The question is a bit unclear, but I will assume that this patient has already had RP and salvage RT to the prostate bed only and now presents with a PSA of 4 and the PSMA-PET is positive in the pelvic nodes. In this situation, I generally recommend long-term ADT plus RT to the pelvic nodes, but I w...

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Radiation Oncology · Beaumont Hospital
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If they are receiving ADT, I usually tx only the PSMA positive in with SBRT.

We have done about 12 patients in this scenario and using a 5 x 700 regimen delivered every other day has had minimal use and to date, no local failures but caution that it needs more maturity as we are only recently gettin...

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Radiation Oncology · Dignity Health Cancer Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
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Usually, recommend ADT if not already on it. Offer conventional frac to 45 Gy to pelvis with SIB boost to pet positive node to 55-60 Gy (as long as bowel tolerance met). For certain patients where traveling is an issue and in cases where they accept potential for some more acute toxicity, have done ...

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