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Would you recommend XRT treatment fields of a locally recurrent prostate cancer s/p RP similar to salvage vs intact prostate treatment?

Assume patient had high volume of disease removed. Prostatectomy was in the very distant past.
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Radiation Oncology · Stony Brook University School of Medicine
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I will generally approach the treatment fields similarly to any other post-prostatectomy recurrence. Unless the anatomy is unfavorable, I will try to treat the full CTV per guidelines (the Francophone guidelines were published in 2021 and provide updated guidance). The toxicity rates to treating the...

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