

Table 3 – Contemporary retrospective studies evaluating outcomes and predictors of response in prostate cancer patients undergoing salvage radiotherapy (sRT)
Patients
(
N
)
Pre-RT
PSA level
(median)
Technique
Concomitant
ADT
Dose
(median)
Study
period
Follow-up
(median)
Outcomes
Predictors of
response to sRT
Ost et al
[30]136
0.8 ng/ml
IMRT
71% pts
received ADT
76 Gy
1999–2008 5 yr
5-yr BCR-free survival: 56%
5-yr CR-free survival: 86%
Perineural invasion
Pre-RT PSA levels
ADT administration
Cotter et al
[41]
519
NA
NA
NA
66 Gy
1988–2008 11.3 yr
sRT associated with significant
reduction in the risk of overall mortality
NA
Moreira et al
[48]102
0.6 ng/ml
NA
No
66 Gy
1988–2008 50 mo
6-yr BCR-free survival: 57%
Surgical margins
Pre-RT PSA levels
Bernard et al
[38]364
0.6 ng/ml
NA
NA
64.8 Gy
1987–2007 6 yr
5-yr BCR-free survival: 50%
RT dose
Umezawa et al
[56]102
0.24 ng/ml
NA
28% pts
received ADT
64 Gy
2000–2009 44 mo
4-yr BCR-free survival: 50.9%
Pathologic stage
Siegmann et al
[104]301
0.28 ng/ml
NA
No
66.6-70.2
Gy
1997–2007 30 mo
2-yr BCR-free survival: 74%
Total dose
Biochemical response
Seminal vesicle invasion
Goenka et al
[44]285
0.4 ng/ml
3D-CRT or IMRT 31% pts
received ADT
NA
1988–2007 60 mo
7-yr BCR-free survival: 37%
7-yr CR-free survival: 77%
Vascular invasion
Surgical margins
Pre-RT PSA levels
ADT
Jackson et al
[45]575
NA
3D-CRT or IMRT 20% pts
received ADT
68.4 Gy
1986–2010 56.7 mo
The median time to BCR was 15.2 vs
21.8 mo for patients with for patients
with Gleason pattern 5 vs Gleason 8
Gleason pattern 5
Pathologic stage
Surgical margins
Pre-RT PSA levels
ADT
Ploussard et al
[51]
201
0.48 ng/ml
NA
No
NA
1998–2011 53.3 mo
BCR was reported in 42.8% of cases
with the need for second-line ADT
in 26.9% of cases
Gleason score
Pathologic stage
PSA velocity
Pre-RT PSA levels
Kwon et al
[46]
212
0.46 ng/ml
Pelvic
irradiation
in 25% of pts
58.2% pts
received ADT
66.6 Gy
2003–2012 63.5 mo
5-yr BCR-free survival: 58.2%
Pre-RT PSA levels
PSADT
ADT
Surgical margins
Parekh et al
[50]108
0.24 ng/ml
NA
40% pts
received ADT
66.49 Gy 1993–2010 63.09 mo
4-yr BCR-free survival 44.6% vs 22.8% for
patients who received ADT vs no ADT
Pre-RT PSA levels
ADT
Ervandian et al
[42]
259
NA
NA
50% pts
received ADT
NA
2006–2010 NA
3-yr BCR-free survival: 57%
Surgical margins
ADT
Pre-RT PSA levels
Song et al
[53]
149
0.54 ng/ml
3D-CRT or IMRT NA
69.2 Gy
1995–2011 82 mo
5-yr BCR-free survival: 53.6%
Pre-RT PSA levels
Pathologic stage
Gleason score
PSADT
Pre-RT imaging
van der Poel et al
[57]
157
0.2 ng/ml
3D-CRT to the
prostatic fossa
No
66–70 Gy 2006–2011 36 mo
3-yr BCR-free survival: 64%
pN stage
Pre-RT PSA levels
Lohm et al
[47]151
0.34 ng/ml
3D-CRT
No
66.6 Gy
NA
82 mo
BCR-free survival: 40%
OS: 87%
CSS: 92%
Pre-RT PSA levels
Gleason score
PSADT
E U R O P E A N U R O L O G Y 7 2 ( 2 0 1 7 ) 6 8 9 – 7 0 9
695