Salvage high-dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer persistence after brachytherapy: repeated use of a polyethylene glycol hydrogel spacer

• Published in: Journal of contemporary brachytherapy Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 169 - 173
• Main Authors: Hepp, Rodrigo, Eggert, Thilo, Schabl, Georg, Herberholz, Lars, Petry, Tim, Galalae, Razvan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Poland Termedia Publishing House 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Case Report; Dosage; Hydrogels; Polyethylene glycol; Polyethylene terephthalate; Prostate cancer; Radiation therapy; Salvage; Therapy; Toxicity; prostate cancer; brachytherapy; rectal spacer; salvage; hydrogel

The aim of this study is to determine if a repeated hydrogel injection in a previously irradiated patient prior to salvage high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) is feasible. A 61-year-old man with an organ confined (cT1c cN0 cM0, Gleason score 3 + 3 = 6, initial prostate-specific antigen [PSA] 7.9 n...