Positive Margins: Is Adjunctive Radiation Therapy Indicated?

Authors

  • D. F. Paulson DIVISION OF UROLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, USA
  • C. N. Robertson DIVISION OF UROLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/02841869109092366

Keywords:

Prostate cancer, radical prostatectomy, positive surgical margin, adjunctive radiotherapy, survival, local recurrence rate

Abstract

Patients with margin positive disease after radical prostatectomy are prognostically disadvantaged. the question of postoperative adjunctive radiotherapy in these patients is controversial. A retrospective study suggested that adjunctive radiation therapy reduced the local recurrence rate but did not alter survival.

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Published

1991-01-01

How to Cite

Paulson, D. F., & Robertson, C. N. (1991). Positive Margins: Is Adjunctive Radiation Therapy Indicated?. Acta Oncologica, 30(2), 263–265. https://doi.org/10.3109/02841869109092366

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 2 (1991): Acta Oncologica

Section

Articles