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Ebner DK, Amundson A, Burlile JF, Choo CR, Stish BJ, Lomas DJ, Mynderse LA, Davis BJ. Impact of Prostate Cancer Treatment with Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy on Testosterone: A Retrospective Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e381. [PMID: 37785289 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.2492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Decrease in serum testosterone counts have been reported in the literature following external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), with a suggested association to low dose irradiation of the testes occurring with historical and modern external techniques. Low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy has been described as exposing the testes to between 2 and 19 cGy compared with 196-220 cGy with EBRT. This decrease in excess dose is hypothesized to spare post-treatment testosterone decrease and subsequent change in patient-perceived quality of life. Here, we retrospectively evaluate LDR-treated prostate cancer patient testosterone change in a single-institution patient cohort. MATERIALS/METHODS Patients with prostate cancer who had previously received LDR brachytherapy were identified, and patients with prior baseline total testosterone lab values as well as a lab value within one year post-treatment were identified. Patients receiving concurrent androgen deprivation therapy or EBRT were excluded. The closest baseline values prior to and after LDR treatment were used for before/after comparison. Samples were compared using the paired t-test. RESULTS A total of 1,463 patients receiving LDR were identified with data available for analysis between 1998 and 2023; of these, 139 patients met the above criteria for analysis. Mean age was 66 (median 67; range: 47 - 79). 5 patients received 110 Gy, 2 received 120 Gy, and the remainder 145 Gy, all conducted with I-125. Total mCi delivered ranged from 20.3 mCi to 56.7 mCi (median 37.6 mCi). Approximately 57% were GS6, 42% G7, and < 1% G8. Approximately 80% of patients had T1c disease, with 19% T2 and < 1% T3a. All patients were cN0M0. Mean pre- and post-treatment testosterone were 385.5 ng/dL and 382.9 (SD: 170.9, 150.9; mean difference 2.65 [95% CI: -15.6, 20.9]), respectively, with no statistical change noted (p = 0.774). CONCLUSION Testosterone levels have been reported to drop following definitive EBRT owing to excess dose delivery to the testes. On review of our institutional experience in definitive LDR brachytherapy for patients treated without ADT administration, no change in testosterone levels were noted.
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- D K Ebner
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Gergelis KR, Bai M, Ma J, Routman DM, Stish BJ, Davis BJ, Pisansky TM, Whitaker T, Choo CR. Long-Term Patient-Reported Bowel and Urinary Quality of Life in Patients Treated with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e385. [PMID: 37785299 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.2502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) To assess long-term differences in patient-reported outcomes in bowel and urinary domains between intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) for prostate cancer. MATERIALS/METHODS Bowel function (BF), urinary irritative/obstructive symptoms (UO), and urinary incontinence (UI) domains of EPIC-26 were collected in patients with T1-T2 prostate cancer receiving IMRT or IMPT at a tertiary cancer center (2015-2018). Mean changes in domain scores were analyzed from pretreatment to 24 months post-radiotherapy for each modality. A clinically meaningful change was defined as a score change >50% of the standard deviation of a baseline score. RESULTS A total of 82 patients treated with IMRT (52.2%) and 56 patients treated with IMPT (53.3%) completed the questionnaire at baseline and 24 months post-RT. There were no baseline differences in domain scores between treatment modalities. At 24 months post-radiotherapy, there was significant and clinically meaningful decline of BF mean score in the IMRT cohort (-4.52 [range -50, 29.17], p = 0.003), whereas the decline in BF score did not reach statistical significance (-1.88 [range -37.5,50], p = 0.046) when accounting for the Bonferroni adjustment nor clinical relevance in the IMPT cohort. A higher proportion of patients treated with IMRT had a clinically relevant reduction in BF when compared with IMPT (47.37% vs 25.93%, p = 0.017). The mean changes in UI and UO scores of the IMRT and IMPT cohorts were neither statically significant nor clinically relevant. CONCLUSION IMPT has less decrement in BF than IMRT at 24 months post-RT, while there was no differential effect on UO and UI.
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- K R Gergelis
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Wilmot Cancer Institute, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Operations and Information Management, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Patel SA, Ma TM, Wong JK, Stish BJ, Dess RT, Pilar A, Reddy C, Wedde TB, Lilleby WA, Fiano R, Merrick GS, Stock RG, Demanes DJ, Moran BJ, Tran PT, Krauss DJ, Abu-Isa EI, Pisansky TM, Choo CR, Song DY, Greco S, Deville C, DeWeese TL, Tilki D, Ciezki JP, Karnes RJ, Nickols NG, Rettig MB, Feng FY, Berlin A, Tward JD, Davis BJ, Reiter RE, Boutros PC, Romero T, Horwitz EM, Tendulkar RD, Steinberg ML, Spratt DE, Xiang M, Kishan AU. External Beam Radiation Therapy With or Without Brachytherapy Boost in Men With Very-High-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Large Multicenter International Consortium Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 115:645-653. [PMID: 36179990 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.09.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Very-high-risk (VHR) prostate cancer (PC) is an aggressive subgroup with high risk of distant disease progression. Systemic treatment intensification with abiraterone or docetaxel reduces PC-specific mortality (PCSM) and distant metastasis (DM) in men receiving external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Whether prostate-directed treatment intensification with the addition of brachytherapy (BT) boost to EBRT with ADT improves outcomes in this group is unclear. METHODS AND MATERIALS This cohort study from 16 centers across 4 countries included men with VHR PC treated with either dose-escalated EBRT with ≥24 months of ADT or EBRT + BT boost with ≥12 months of ADT. VHR was defined by National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) criteria (clinical T3b-4, primary Gleason pattern 5, or ≥2 NCCN high-risk features), and results were corroborated in a subgroup of men who met Systemic Therapy in Advancing or Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Evaluation of Drug Efficacy (STAMPEDE) trials inclusion criteria (≥2 of the following: clinical T3-4, Gleason 8-10, or PSA ≥40 ng/mL). PCSM and DM between EBRT and EBRT + BT were compared using inverse probability of treatment weight-adjusted Fine-Gray competing risk regression. RESULTS Among the entire cohort, 270 underwent EBRT and 101 EBRT + BT. After a median follow-up of 7.8 years, 6.7% and 5.9% of men died of PC and 16.3% and 9.9% had DM after EBRT and EBRT + BT, respectively. There was no significant difference in PCSM (sHR, 1.47 [95% CI, 0.57-3.75]; P = .42) or DM (sHR, 0.72, [95% CI, 0.30-1.71]; P = .45) between EBRT + BT and EBRT. Results were similar within the STAMPEDE-defined VHR subgroup (PCSM: sHR, 1.67 [95% CI, 0.48-5.81]; P = .42; DM: sHR, 0.56 [95% CI, 0.15-2.04]; P = .38). CONCLUSIONS In this VHR PC cohort, no difference in clinically meaningful outcomes was observed between EBRT alone with ≥24 months of ADT compared with EBRT + BT with ≥12 months of ADT. Comparative analyses in men treated with intensified systemic therapy are warranted.
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- Sagar A Patel
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio
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- Urologic Research Institute, Ohio University School of Medicine, Athens Ohio
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- Urologic Research Institute, Ohio University School of Medicine, Athens Ohio
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland, Baltimore Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Therapy Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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Kowalchuk RO, Kim H, Harmsen WS, Jeans EB, Morris LK, Mullikin TC, Miller RC, Wong WW, Vargas CE, Trifiletti DM, Phillips RM, Choo CR, Davis BJ, Beriwal S, Tendulkar RD, Stish BJ, Breen WG, Waddle MR. Cost effectiveness of treatment strategies for high risk prostate cancer. Cancer 2022; 128:3815-3823. [PMID: 36070558 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with high-risk prostate cancer (HRPC) have multiple accepted treatment options. Because there is no overall survival benefit of one option over another, appropriate treatment must consider patient life expectancy, quality of life, and cost. METHODS The authors compared quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and cost effectiveness among treatment options for HRPC using a Markov model with three treatment arms: (1) external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) delivered with 20 fractions, (2) EBRT with 23 fractions followed by low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy boost, or (3) radical prostatectomy alone. An exploratory analysis considered a simultaneous integrated boost according to the FLAME trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01168479). RESULTS Treatment strategies were compared using the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). EBRT with LDR brachytherapy boost was a cost-effective strategy (ICER, $20,929 per QALY gained). These results were most sensitive to variations in the biochemical failure rate. However, the results still demonstrated cost effectiveness for the brachytherapy boost paradigm, regardless of any tested parameter ranges. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis demonstrated that EBRT with LDR brachytherapy was favored in 52% of 100,000 Monte Carlo iterations. In an exploratory analysis, EBRT with a simultaneous integrated boost was also a cost-effective strategy, resulting in an ICER of $62,607 per QALY gained; however, it was not cost effective compared with EBRT plus LDR brachytherapy boost. CONCLUSIONS EBRT with LDR brachytherapy boost may be a cost-effective treatment strategy compared with EBRT alone and radical prostatectomy for HRPC, demonstrating high-value care. The current analysis suggests that a reduction in biochemical failure alone can result in cost-effective care, despite no change in overall survival.
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- Roman O Kowalchuk
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Mayo Clinic, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Mayo Clinic, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Allegheny Health Networks, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Medical Affairs, Varian Medical Systems, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Kishan AU, Steigler A, Denham JW, Zapatero A, Guerrero A, Joseph D, Maldonado X, Wong JK, Stish BJ, Dess RT, Pilar A, Reddy C, Wedde TB, Lilleby WA, Fiano R, Merrick GS, Stock RG, Demanes DJ, Moran BJ, Tran PT, Martin S, Martinez-Monge R, Krauss DJ, Abu-Isa EI, Pisansky TM, Choo CR, Song DY, Greco S, Deville C, McNutt T, DeWeese TL, Ross AE, Ciezki JP, Tilki D, Karnes RJ, Tosoian JJ, Nickols NG, Bhat P, Shabsovich D, Juarez JE, Jiang T, Ma TM, Xiang M, Philipson R, Chang A, Kupelian PA, Rettig MB, Feng FY, Berlin A, Tward JD, Davis BJ, Reiter RE, Steinberg ML, Elashoff D, Boutros PC, Horwitz EM, Tendulkar RD, Spratt DE, Romero T. Interplay Between Duration of Androgen Deprivation Therapy and External Beam Radiotherapy With or Without a Brachytherapy Boost for Optimal Treatment of High-risk Prostate Cancer: A Patient-Level Data Analysis of 3 Cohorts. JAMA Oncol 2022; 8:e216871. [PMID: 35050303 PMCID: PMC8778608 DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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IMPORTANCE Radiotherapy combined with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a standard of care for high-risk prostate cancer. However, the interplay between radiotherapy dose and the required minimum duration of ADT is uncertain. OBJECTIVE To determine the specific ADT duration threshold that provides a distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) benefit in patients with high-risk prostate cancer receiving external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or EBRT with a brachytherapy boost (EBRT+BT). DESIGN, SETTINGS, AND PARTICIPANTS This was a cohort study of 3 cohorts assembled from a multicenter retrospective study (2000-2013); a post hoc analysis of the Randomized Androgen Deprivation and Radiotherapy 03/04 (RADAR; 2003-2007) randomized clinical trial (RCT); and a cross-trial comparison of the RADAR vs the Deprivación Androgénica y Radio Terapía (Androgen Deprivation and Radiation Therapy; DART) 01/05 RCT (2005-2010). In all, the study analyzed 1827 patients treated with EBRT and 1108 patients treated with EBRT+BT from the retrospective cohort; 181 treated with EBRT and 203 with EBRT+BT from RADAR; and 91 patients treated with EBRT from DART. The study was conducted from October 15, 2020, to July 1, 2021, and the data analyses, from January 5 to June 15, 2021. EXPOSURES High-dose EBRT or EBRT+BT for an ADT duration determined by patient-physician choice (retrospective) or by randomization (RCTs). MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was DMFS; secondary outcome was overall survival (OS). Natural cubic spline analysis identified minimum thresholds (months). RESULTS This cohort study of 3 studies totaling 3410 men (mean age [SD], 68 [62-74] years; race and ethnicity not collected) with high-risk prostate cancer found a significant interaction between the treatment type (EBRT vs EBRT+BT) and ADT duration (binned to <6, 6 to <18, and ≥18 months). Natural cubic spline analysis identified minimum duration thresholds of 26.3 months (95% CI, 25.4-36.0 months) for EBRT and 12 months (95% CI, 4.9-36.0 months) for EBRT+BT for optimal effect on DMFS. In RADAR, the prolongation of ADT for patients receiving only EBRT was not associated with significant improvements in DMFS (hazard ratio [HR], 1.01; 95% CI, 0.65-1.57); however, for patients receiving EBRT+BT, a longer duration was associated with improved DMFS (DMFS HR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.36-0.87; P = .01). For patients receiving EBRT alone (DART), 28 months of ADT was associated with improved DMFS compared with 18 months (RADAR HR, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.17-0.80; P = .01). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE These cohort study findings suggest that the optimal minimum ADT duration for treatment with high-dose EBRT alone is more than 18 months; and for EBRT+BT, it is 18 months or possibly less. Additional studies are needed to determine more precise minimum durations.
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- Amar U. Kishan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles,Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, West Australia, Australia,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Western Australia, Perth, West Australia, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia
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- Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles,California Endocurietherapy Cancer Center, Oakland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Program in Solid Tumors, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Program in Solid Tumors, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- William Beaumont School of Medicine, Oakland University, Royal Oak, Michigan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany,Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles,Department of Radiation Oncology, West Los Angeles Veterans Health Administration, Los Angeles, California
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles,Department of Medical Oncology, West Los Angeles Veterans Health Administration, Los Angeles, California
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles,Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles
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Owens JL, Beketova E, Liu S, Shen Q, Pawar JS, Asberry AM, Yang J, Deng X, Elzey BD, Ratliff TL, Cheng L, Choo CR, Citrin DE, Polascik TJ, Wang B, Huang J, Li C, Wan J, Hu CD. Targeting protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) suppresses radiation-induced neuroendocrine differentiation and sensitizes prostate cancer cells to radiation. Mol Cancer Ther 2022; 21:448-459. [PMID: 35027481 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-21-0103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Prostate cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death among American men. Radiation therapy (RT) is a potentially curative treatment for localized prostate cancer, and failure to control localized disease contributes to the majority of prostate cancer deaths. Neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) in prostate cancer, a process by which prostate adenocarcinoma cells transdifferentiate into neuroendocrine-like (NE-like) cells, is an emerging mechanism of resistance to cancer therapies and contributes to disease progression. NED also occurs in response to treatment to promote the development of treatment-induced neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC), a highly-aggressive and terminal stage disease. We previously demonstrated that by mimicking clinical RT protocol, fractionated ionizing radiation (FIR) induces prostate cancer cells to undergo NED in vitro and in vivo. Here, we performed transcriptomic analysis and confirmed that FIR-induced NE-like cells share some features of clinical NEPC, suggesting that FIR-induced NED represents a clinically-relevant model. Further, we demonstrated that protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5), a master epigenetic regulator of the DNA damage response and a putative oncogene in prostate cancer, along with its cofactors pICln and MEP50, mediate FIR-induced NED. Knockdown of PRMT5, pICln, or MEP50 during FIR-inhibited NED sensitized prostate cancer cells to radiation. Significantly, PRMT5 knockdown in prostate cancer xenograft tumors in mice during FIR prevented NED, enhanced tumor killing, significantly reduced and delayed tumor recurrence, and prolonged overall survival. Collectively, our results demonstrate that PRMT5 promotes FIR-induced NED and suggests that targeting PRMT5 may be a novel and effective radiosensitization approach for prostate cancer RT.
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- Jake L Owens
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacolog, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Comparative Pathobiology and the Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine
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- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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Zhang H, Orme JJ, Abraha F, Stish BJ, Lowe VJ, Lucien F, Tryggestad EJ, Bold MS, Pagliaro LC, Choo CR, Brinkmann DH, Iott MJ, Davis BJ, Fernando Quevedo J, Harmsen WS, Costello BA, Johnson GB, Nathan MA, Olivier KR, Pisansky TM, Kwon ED, Dong H, Park SS. Phase II Evaluation of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) and Immunity in 11C-Choline-PET/CT-Identified Oligometastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2021; 27:6376-6383. [PMID: 34593526 PMCID: PMC8639778 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-2510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE Outcomes for resistant metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) are poor. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) induces antitumor immunity in clinical and preclinical studies, but immunologic biomarkers are lacking. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eighty-nine patients with oligometastatic CRPC were identified by 11C-Choline-PET (Choline-PET) from August 2016 to December 2019 and treated with SABR. Prespecified coprimary endpoints were 2-year overall survival (OS) and PSA progression. Secondary endpoints included 2-year SABR-treated local failure and 6-month adverse events. Correlative studies included peripheral blood T-cell subpopulations before and after SABR. RESULTS 128 lesions in 89 patients were included in this analysis. Median OS was 29.3 months, and 1- and 2-year OS were 96% and 80%, respectively. PSA PFS was 40% at 1 year and 21% at 2 years. Local PFS was 84.4% and 75.3% at 1 and 2 years, respectively, and no grade ≥3 AEs were observed. Baseline high levels of tumor-reactive T cells (TTR; CD8+CD11ahigh) predicted superior local, PSA, and distant PFS. Baseline high levels of effector memory T cells (TEM; CCR7-CD45RA-) were associated with improved PSA PFS. An increase in TTR at day 14 from baseline was associated with superior OS. CONCLUSIONS This is the first comprehensive effector T-cell immunophenotype analysis in a phase II trial before and after SABR in CRPC. Results are favorable and support the incorporation of immune-based markers in the design of future randomized trials in patients with oligometastatic CRPC treated with SABR.
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- Henan Zhang
- Departments of Urology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Biostatistics and Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Departments of Urology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Biostatistics and Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Departments of Urology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Departments of Urology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Xiang M, Ma TM, Savjani R, Pollom EL, Karnes RJ, Grogan T, Wong JK, Motterle G, Tosoian JJ, Trock BJ, Klein EA, Stish BJ, Dess RT, Spratt DE, Pilar A, Reddy C, Levin-Epstein R, Wedde TB, Lilleby WA, Fiano R, Merrick GS, Stock RG, Demanes DJ, Moran BJ, Huland H, Tran PT, Martin S, Martinez-Monge R, Krauss DJ, Abu-Isa EI, Alam R, Schwen Z, Pisansky TM, Choo CR, Song DY, Greco S, Deville C, McNutt T, DeWeese TL, Ross AE, Ciezki JP, Boutros PC, Nickols NG, Bhat P, Shabsovich D, Juarez JE, Chong N, Kupelian PA, Rettig MB, Zaorsky NG, Berlin A, Tward JD, Davis BJ, Reiter RE, Steinberg ML, Elashoff D, Horwitz EM, Tendulkar RD, Tilki D, Czernin J, Gafita A, Romero T, Calais J, Kishan AU. Performance of a Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography-Derived Risk-Stratification Tool for High-risk and Very High-risk Prostate Cancer. JAMA Netw Open 2021; 4:e2138550. [PMID: 34902034 PMCID: PMC8669522 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.38550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) can detect low-volume, nonlocalized (ie, regional or metastatic) prostate cancer that was occult on conventional imaging. However, the long-term clinical implications of PSMA PET/CT upstaging remain unclear. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the prognostic significance of a nomogram that models an individual's risk of nonlocalized upstaging on PSMA PET/CT and to compare its performance with existing risk-stratification tools. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This cohort study included patients diagnosed with high-risk or very high-risk prostate cancer (ie, prostate-specific antigen [PSA] level >20 ng/mL, Gleason score 8-10, and/or clinical stage T3-T4, without evidence of nodal or metastatic disease by conventional workup) from April 1995 to August 2018. This multinational study was conducted at 15 centers. Data were analyzed from December 2020 to March 2021. EXPOSURES Curative-intent radical prostatectomy (RP), external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), or EBRT plus brachytherapy (BT), with or without androgen deprivation therapy. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES PSMA upstage probability was calculated from a nomogram using the biopsy Gleason score, percentage positive systematic biopsy cores, clinical T category, and PSA level. Biochemical recurrence (BCR), distant metastasis (DM), prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM), and overall survival (OS) were analyzed using Fine-Gray and Cox regressions. Model performance was quantified with the concordance (C) index. RESULTS Of 5275 patients, the median (IQR) age was 66 (60-72) years; 2883 (55%) were treated with RP, 1669 (32%) with EBRT, and 723 (14%) with EBRT plus BT; median (IQR) PSA level was 10.5 (5.9-23.2) ng/mL; 3987 (76%) had Gleason grade 8 to 10 disease; and 750 (14%) had stage T3 to T4 disease. Median (IQR) follow-up was 5.1 (3.1-7.9) years; 1221 (23%) were followed up for at least 8 years. Overall, 1895 (36%) had BCR, 851 (16%) developed DM, and 242 (5%) died of prostate cancer. PSMA upstage probability was significantly prognostic of all clinical end points, with 8-year C indices of 0.63 (95% CI, 0.61-0.65) for BCR, 0.69 (95% CI, 0.66-0.71) for DM, 0.71 (95% CI, 0.67-0.75) for PCSM, and 0.60 (95% CI, 0.57-0.62) for PCSM (P < .001). The PSMA nomogram outperformed existing risk-stratification tools, except for similar performance to Staging Collaboration for Cancer of the Prostate (STAR-CAP) for PCSM (eg, DM: PSMA, 0.69 [95% CI, 0.66-0.71] vs STAR-CAP, 0.65 [95% CI, 0.62-0.68]; P < .001; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center nomogram, 0.57 [95% CI, 0.54-0.60]; P < .001; Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment groups, 0.53 [95% CI, 0.51-0.56]; P < .001). Results were validated in secondary cohorts from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database and the National Cancer Database. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE These findings suggest that PSMA upstage probability is associated with long-term, clinically meaningful end points. Furthermore, PSMA upstaging had superior risk discrimination compared with existing tools. Formerly occult, PSMA PET/CT-detectable nonlocalized disease may be the main driver of outcomes in high-risk patients.
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- Michael Xiang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Medicine Statistics Core, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Urology, Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia
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- Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York
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- Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago, Westmont, Illinois
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- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Oncology, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, Michigan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Department of Urology, Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Urology, Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Veterans Affairs (VA) Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Veterans Affairs (VA) Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Medicine Statistics Core, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Urology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Ahmanson Translational Theranostics Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Ahmanson Translational Theranostics Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine Statistics Core, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- Ahmanson Translational Theranostics Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Breen WG, Stish BJ, Harmsen WS, Froemming AT, Mynderse LA, Choo CR, Davis BJ, Pisansky TM. The prognostic value, sensitivity, and specificity of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging before salvage radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Radiother Oncol 2021; 161:9-15. [PMID: 34023327 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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AIM To determine the operational characteristics of pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to salvage radiation therapy (SRT) for biochemically recurrent prostate cancer following radical prostatectomy. METHODS AND MATERIALS We reviewed the medical records of 386 patients who underwent MRI prior to SRT. We assessed associations of pre-SRT MRI findings with biochemical recurrence (BCR), distant metastasis (DM), prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM), and salvage androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) use following SRT. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of MRI for detecting local recurrence were also calculated. RESULTS Pre-SRT MRI was positive for local recurrence in 216 patients (56%), indeterminate in 46 (12%), and negative in 124 (32%). On univariate analysis, BCR following SRT was significantly less likely for patients with positive (HR: 0.58, 95% CI: 0.42-0.8) or indeterminate (HR: 0.6: 0.36-1) MRI findings, compared to patients with negative imaging (p = 0.003). These associations remained significant on multivariate analysis (p < 0.05) and across pre-SRT PSA groups. For the entire cohort, the sensitivity of MRI for local recurrence was 61.0% (53.5-68.1%), specificity 60.0% (44.3-73.0%), PPV 86.1% (78.9-91.5%) and NPV 27.6% (19.0-37.5%). Sensitivity of MRI was better in men with higher pre-SRT PSA (80.0% for PSA > 1.0), and specificity was improved with lower pre-SRT PSA (73.9% for PSA 0.1-0.5). CONCLUSIONS Positive or indeterminate MRI findings prior to SRT were associated with improved biochemical control following SRT, across PSA levels. The sensitivity and specificity of MRI for local recurrence were 61% and 58.7%, respectively.
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- William G Breen
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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Bryant CM, Henderson RH, Nichols RC, Mendenhall WM, Hoppe BS, Vargas CE, Daniels TB, Choo CR, Parikh RR, Giap H, Slater JD, Vapiwala N, Barrett W, Nanda A, Mishra MV, Choi S, Liao JJ, Mendenhall NP. Consensus Statement on Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer. Int J Part Ther 2021; 8:1-16. [PMID: 34722807 PMCID: PMC8489490 DOI: 10.14338/ijpt-20-00031.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Proton therapy is a promising but controversial treatment in the management of prostate cancer. Despite its dosimetric advantages when compared with photon radiation therapy, its increased cost to patients and insurers has raised questions regarding its value. Multiple prospective and retrospective studies have been published documenting the efficacy and safety of proton therapy for patients with localized prostate cancer and for patients requiring adjuvant or salvage pelvic radiation after surgery. The Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group (PTCOG) Genitourinary Subcommittee intends to address current proton therapy indications, advantages, disadvantages, and cost effectiveness. We will also discuss the current landscape of clinical trials. This consensus report can be used to guide clinical practice and research directions.
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- Curtis M. Bryant
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Gergelis KR, Remme DS, Choo CR. Isolated biopsy-proven recurrence of prostate carcinoma in the spermatic cord after radical prostatectomy detected with 11C-Choline PET/CT. Urol Case Rep 2019; 26:100985. [PMID: 31406681 PMCID: PMC6685691 DOI: 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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We report an unusual case of a solitary prostatic metastasis in the spermatic cord, following robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection and salvage radiotherapy, detected with the use of 11C-Choline PET/CT, heralded by a progressive rise in PSA. This lesion was biopsy-proven and surgically resected through radical left-sided orchiectomy. Postoperatively his PSA was undetectable and remained undetectable with no evidence of recurrent disease.
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Jethwa KR, Hellekson CD, Evans JD, Harmsen WS, Wilhite TJ, Whitaker TJ, Park SS, Choo CR, Stish BJ, Olivier KR, Haloi R, Lowe VJ, Welch BT, Quevedo JF, Mynderse LA, Karnes RJ, Kwon ED, Davis BJ. 11C-Choline PET Guided Salvage Radiation Therapy for Isolated Pelvic and Paraortic Nodal Recurrence of Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy: Rationale and Early Genitourinary or Gastrointestinal Toxicities. Adv Radiat Oncol 2019; 4:659-667. [PMID: 31673659 PMCID: PMC6817538 DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2019.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Purpose To assess gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) adverse events (AEs) of 11C-choline-positron emission tomography (CholPET) guided lymph node (LN) radiation therapy (RT) in patients who experience biochemical failure after radical prostatectomy. Methods and Materials From 2013 to 2016, 107 patients experienced biochemical failure of prostate cancer, had CholPET-detected pelvic and/or paraortic LN recurrence, and were referred for RT. Patients received androgen suppression and CholPET guided LN RT (median dose, 45 Gy) with a simultaneous integrated boost to CholPET-avid sites (median dose, 56.25 Gy), all in 25 fractions. RT-naïve patients had the prostatic fossa included in the initial treatment volumes followed by a sequential boost (median dose, 68 Gy). GI and GU AEs were reported per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (version 4.0) with data gathered retrospectively. Differences in maximum GI and GU AEs at baseline, immediately post-RT, and at early (median, 4 months) and late (median, 14 months) follow-up were assessed. Results Median follow-up was 16 months (interquartile range [IQR], 11-25). Median prostate-specific antigen at time of positive CholPET was 2.3 ng/mL (IQR, 1.3-4.8), with a median of 2 (IQR, 1-4) choline-avid LNs per patient. Most recurrences were within the pelvis (53%) or pelvis + paraortic (40%). Baseline rates of grade 1 to 2 GI AEs were 8.4% compared with 51.9% (4.7% grade 2) of patients post-RT (P < .01). These differences resolved by 4-month (12.2%, P = .65) and 14-month AE assessments (9.1%, P = .87). There was no significant change in grade 1 to 2 GU AEs post-RT (64.1%) relative to baseline (56.0%, P = .21), although differences did arise at 4-month (72.2%, P = .01) and 14-month (74.3%, P = .01) AE assessments. Conclusions Salvage CholPET guided nodal RT has acceptably low rates of acute GI and GU AEs and no significant detriment in 14-month GI AEs. These data are of value in counseling patients and designing prospective trials evaluating the oncologic efficacy of this treatment strategy.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiology, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rochester, Minnesota
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Merrell KW, Davis BJ, Goulet CC, Furutani KM, Mynderse LA, Harmsen WS, Wilson TM, McLaren RH, Deufel CL, Birckhead BJ, Funk RK, McMenomy BP, Stish BJ, Choo CR. Reducing seed migration to near zero with stranded-seed implants: Comparison of seed migration rates to the chest in 1000 permanent prostate brachytherapy patients undergoing implants with loose or stranded seeds. Brachytherapy 2019; 18:306-312. [PMID: 30853392 DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2019.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Pulmonary seed emboli to the chest may occur after permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB). The purpose of this study is to analyze factors associated with seed migration to the chest in a large series of PPB patients from a single institution undergoing implant with either loose seeds (LS), mixed loose and stranded seeds (MS), or exclusively stranded seeds in an absorbable vicryl suture (VS). METHODS AND MATERIALS Between May 1998 and July 2015, a total of 1000 consecutive PPB patients with postoperative diagnostic chest x-rays at 4 months after implant were analyzed for seed migration. Patients were grouped based on seed implant technique: LS = 391 (39.1%), MS = 43 (4.3%), or VS = 566 (56.6%). Univariate and multivariate analysis were performed using Cox proportional hazards regression models to determine predictors of seed migration. RESULTS Overall, 18.8% of patients experienced seed migration to the chest. The incidence of seed migration per patient was 45.5%, 11.6%, and 0.9% (p < 0.0001), for patients receiving LS, MS, or VS PPB, respectively. The right and left lower lobes were the most frequent sites of pulmonary seed migration. On multivariable analysis, planimetry volume (p = 0.0002; HR = 0.7 per 10 cc [0.6-0.8]), number of seeds implanted (p < 0.0001, HR = 2.4 per 25 seeds [1.7-3.4]), LS implant (p < 0.0001, HR = 15.9 [5.9-42.1]), and MS implant (p = 0.001, HR = 7.9 [2.3-28.1]) were associated with seed migration to the chest. CONCLUSIONS In this large series, significantly higher rates of seed migration to the chest are observed in implants using any LS with observed hazard ratios of 15.9 and 7.9 for LS and MS respectively, as compared with implants using solely stranded seeds.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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- Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Minnesota Oncology, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Routman DM, Funk RK, Stish BJ, Mynderse LA, Wilson TM, McLaren R, Harmsen WS, Mara K, Deufel CL, Furutani KM, Haddock MG, Pisansky TM, Choo CR, Davis BJ. Permanent prostate brachytherapy monotherapy with I-125 for low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer: Outcomes in 974 patients. Brachytherapy 2019; 18:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wong WW, Anderson EM, Mohammadi H, Daniels TB, Schild SE, Keole SR, Choo CR, Tzou KS, Bryce AH, Ho TH, Quevedo FJ, Vora SA. Factors Associated With Survival Following Radium-223 Treatment for Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2017; 15:e969-e975. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2017.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Ahmed KA, Davis BJ, Mynderse LA, Slezak JM, Bergstralh EJ, Wilson TM, Choo CR. Comparison of biochemical failure rates between permanent prostate brachytherapy and radical retropubic prostatectomy as a function of posttherapy PSA nadir plus 'X'. Radiat Oncol 2014; 9:171. [PMID: 25074478 PMCID: PMC4123307 DOI: 10.1186/1748-717x-9-171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) nadir + 2 ng/mL, also known as the Phoenix definition, is the definition most commonly used to establish biochemical failure (BF) after external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer management. The purpose of this study is to compare BF rates between permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB) and radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) as a function of PSA nadir plus varying values of X and examine the associated implications. Methods and materials We retrospectively searched for patients who underwent PPB or RRP at our institution between 1998 and 2004. Only primary patients not receiving androgen-deprivation therapy were included in the study. Three RRP patients were matched to each PPB patient on the basis of prognostic factors. BF rates were estimated for PSA nadirs + different values of X. Results A total of 1,164 patients were used for analysis: 873 in the RRP group and 291 in the PPB group. Patients were equally matched by clinical stage, biopsy Gleason sum, primary Gleason grade, and pretherapy PSA value. Median follow-up was 3.1 years for RRP patients and 3.6 years in the PPB group (P = .01). Using PSA nadir + 0.1 ng/mL for the definition of BF, the 5-year BF rate was 16.3% for PPB patients and 13.5% for RRP patients (P = .007), whereas at nadir + 2 ng/mL or greater, the BF rates were less than 3% and were indistinguishable between PPB and RRP patients. Conclusions In a cohort of well-matched patients who had prostatectomy or brachytherapy, we examined BF as a function of nadir + X, where X was treated as a continuous variable. As X increases from 0.1 to 2.0 ng/mL, the BF curves converge, and above 2.0 ng/mL they are essentially indistinguishable. The data presented are of interest as BF definitions continue to evolve.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Choo CR, Danjoux C, Morton GC. Should pathological T3 and/or margin positive prostate cancer receive adjuvant therapy? A radiation oncologist's view. Can J Urol 2000; 7:1043-50. [PMID: 11118280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Patients with pathological stage T3 and/or margin positive prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy have a high risk of tumor recurrence, usually heralded by rising PSA. Adjuvant therapy such as radiotherapy and/or hormone therapy needs to be explored to provide a better outcome. To date the exact role and result of adjuvant therapy remains unclear. However there has been increasing suggestion that adjuvant radiotherapy improves local control and disease free survival. Also adjuvant hormone therapy may play a role in this group of patients with a high metastatic potential. This review article addresses the clinical significance of PT3 and/or margin positive prostate cancer and explores the rationale behind considering adjuvant therapy including postoperative radiotherapy and/or hormone therapy.
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- C R Choo
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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