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    Urology. 2008 Dec;72(6):1356-8. Epub 2008 Jun 4.

    Successful salvage robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy after external beam radiotherapy failure.

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    Department of Urology, Guy's Hospital and King's College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

    Abstract

    We describe the first case of salvage robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy for local recurrence after external beam radiotherapy. A 50-year-old man initially underwent combined external beam radiotherapy and hormonal treatment for Stage T2a prostate adenocarcinoma. The prostate-specific antigen level was 10.5 ng/mL, and the Gleason score was 3+3. Two years later, he developed biopsy-proven recurrent disease. He underwent salvage robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy. The patient was discharged on day 1 postoperatively. The histologic analysis revealed an organ-confined tumor. His prostate-specific antigen at 3 months was <0.03 ng/mL, and he was continent. Salvage robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy is a safe and technically feasible salvage treatment for prostate cancer for which primary radiotherapy has failed.

    PMID:
    18533232
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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