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Application of brachytherapy in patient with local recurrence of prostate adenocarcinoma after radical radiation therapy: a case report
Department of Urology, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun , Belgrade , Serbia
Department of Urology, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun , Belgrade , Serbia
Oncology and Radiology Institute of Serbia, Clinical Center of Serbia , Belgrade , Serbia
Department of Transfusiology, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun , Belgrade , Serbia
Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun , Belgrade , Serbia
Published: 01.01.2023.
Volume 38, Issue 1 (2023)
pp. 2187-2191;
Abstract
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, and the fifth most common cause of cancer death in the world. Therapeutic options are divided on the basis of staging and accurate diagnosis. Due to the lack of randomized prospective controlled studies on the treatment of prostate cancer, no therapeutic option can be preferred, although there are some recommendations. Therapy options for intraprostatic tumor include: monitoring the course of the disease, radical prostatectomy, or radiation therapy. Radical radiotherapy is an alternative to surgical treatment in the localized form of primary prostate cancer. Radiotherapy treatment has shown good results. In case of local recurrence of the disease, the recommendations are even more scarce. We present a case of a 65-year-old patient who was treated for prostate adenocarcinoma with radical radiation therapy combined with androgen deprivation therapy for one year and then about 6 years after initial therapy he was successfully treated with adjuvant salvage brachytherapy because of local carcinoma recurrence. In addition to certain recommendations for the implementation of this therapy which we proposed in the following text, we certainly recommend a personalized medical approach in such cases.
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