Nationwide Japanese Prostate Cancer Outcome Study of Permanent Iodine-125 Seed Implantation (J-POPS): first analysis on survival

• Published in: International journal of clinical oncology Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1148 - 1159
• Main Authors: Ito, Kazuto, Saito, Shiro, Yorozu, Atsunori, Kojima, Shinsuke, Kikuchi, Takashi, Higashide, Satoshi, Aoki, Manabu, Koga, Hirofumi, Satoh, Takefumi, Ohashi, Toshio, Nakamura, Katsumasa, Katayama, Norihisa, Tanaka, Nobumichi, Nakano, Masahiro, Shigematsu, Naoyuki, Dokiya, Takushi, Fukushima, Masanori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.12.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cancer Research; Iodine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Original Article; Prostate cancer; Prostate-specific antigen; Surgical Oncology; Survival; External beam radiation therapy; Brachytherapy; Iodine-125; Prostate cancer

Background Investigating oncological outcomes in patients registered in the Japanese Prostate Cancer Outcome Study of Permanent Iodine-125 Seed Implantation (J-POPS) in terms of biochemical relapse-free survival (bRFS) by the Phoenix and the newly developed J-POPS definitions, exploration of predict...