Primary Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Localized Prostatic Cancer

Diagnosis, management and screening of early localised prostate cancer.

“…In addition, there is debate concerning the levels of PSA, PSAD and PSA velocity which can be found following treatment, with several authors contending that PSA levels may be artificially raised during therapy, but are then likely to decline. [326][327][328][329][330] Poor outcome has been suggested in men with a PSA level greater than 4 ng/ml between 6 months and 5 years after radiotherapy. 330 It has been claimed that outcome following radiotherapy is equal to that of radical prostatectomy at Conformal radiotherapy involves the use of 3-D computer-assisted tomography to allow a more accurately directed beam configuration.…”