Daniel R Zwahlen, Christina Schröder, Lisa Holer, Jürg Bernhard, Tobias Hölscher, Winfried Arnold, Bülent Polat, Guido Hildebrandt, Arndt-Christian Müller, Paul Martin Putora, Alexandros Papachristofilou, Corinne Schär, Stefanie Hayoz, Marcin Sumila, Kathrin Zaugg, Matthias Guckenberger, Piet Ost, Davide Giovanni Bosetti, Christiane Reuter, Silvia Gomez, Kaouthar Khanfir, Marcus Beck, George N Thalmann, Daniel M Aebersold, Pirus Ghadjar
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate effects of dose intensified salvage radiotherapy (sRT) on erectile function in biochemically recurrent prostate cancer (PC) after radical prostatectomy (RP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eligible patients had evidence of biochemical failure after RP and a PSA at randomization of ≤ 2 ng/ml. Erectile dysfunction (ED) was investigated as secondary endpoint within the multicentre randomized trial (February 2011 to April 2014) in patients receiving either 64 Gy or 70 Gy sRT...
July 2024: Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology