PSA bounces after neoadjuvant androgen deprivation and external beam radiation: Impact on definitions of failure

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 714-718

  Zietman, Anthony L ^a   Christodouleas, John P ^a   Shipley, William U ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen deprivation; Prostate cancer; PSA; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BIOCHEMISTRY; HORMONES; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSTHETICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY (EBRT); NEOADJUVANT DEPRIVATION; PROSTRATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTIANDROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 20344387808     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.11.020     Document Type: Article

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