What is your preferred regimen for HDR monotherapy in the treatment of low and favorable intermediate prostate cancers?

Topics: Radiation Oncology • Genitourinary Cancers

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

At UCLA, we now use 13.5 Gy x 2 fractions for most cases. The two implants are done 4-7 days apart (some cases are Monday and Friday). We also use this program for some favorable high-risk-group patients.@Albert J. Chang (brachytherapy division director) uses slightly different dose constraints...

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Radiation Oncologist at The Ottawa Hospital
Thanks for sharing - are you doing TRUS based HDR?...

Radiation Oncologist at PEACHTREE RADIATION ONCOLOGY SERVICES, P.C.
these same constraints are used for salvage cases?...

Radiation Oncologist at CTCA Atlanta
Thanks for sharing! We also use 13.5 x 2; however ...

Radiation Oncologist at University of Rochester Medical Center
Thank you for sharing. We use 13.5 Gy x2 one week ...

Radiation Oncologist at Loyola University
We recently published our institutional data compa...

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

We also use the 2 x 1350 regimen that Drs Martinez and Ghilizan helped pioneer at Beaumont. We have done it for over 11 years at our center with over 600 patients. We are assessing BCFS at present and with a median follow up of 62 months, there are excellent results with relatively low long-term gr...

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Radiation Oncologist at Community Health Network
I also use the same regiments as @D. Jeffrey Deman...

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