I-125 or Pd-103 for brachytherapy boost in men with high-risk prostate cancer: A comparison of survival and morbidity outcomes

Autor: Nelson N. Stone, Vassilios Skouteris, Richard G. Stock, Barry S. Rosenstein
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Brachytherapy. 19:567-573
ISSN: 1538-4721
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2020.06.001
Popis: Brachytherapy boost improves biochemical recurrence rates in men with high-risk prostate cancer (HRPC). Few data are available on whether one isotope is superior to another. We compared the oncologic and morbidity outcomes of I-125 and Pd-103 in men with HRPC receiving brachytherapy.Of 797 patients with HRPC, 190 (23.8%) received I-125 or 607 received Pd-103 with a median of 45 Gy of external beam irradiation. Freedom from biochemical failure (FFBF), freedom from metastases (FFMs), cause-specific survival (CSS), and morbidity were compared for the two isotopes by the ANOVA and the χMen treated with I-125 had a higher stage (p0.001), biological equivalent dose (BED) (p0.001), and longer hormone therapy (neoadjuvant hormone therapy, p0.001), where men treated with Pd-103 had a higher Gleason score (GS, p0.001) and longer followup (median 8.3 vs. 5.3 years, p0.001). Ten-year FFBF, FFM, and CSS for I-125 vs. Pd-103 were 77.5 vs. 80.2% (p = 0.897), 94.7 vs. 91.9% (p = 0.017), and 95.4 vs. 91.8% (p = 0.346), respectively. Men with T3 had superior CSS (94.1 vs. 79.5%, p = 0.001) with I-125. Significant covariates by Cox regression for FFBF were prostate specific antigen (PSA), the GS, and the BED (p0.001), for FFM PSA (p0.001) and GS (p = 0.029), and for CSS PSA, the GS (p0.001) and the BED (p = 0.022). Prostate cancer mortality was 7/62 (15.6%) for BED ≤ 150 Gy, 18/229 (7.9%) for BED150-200 Gy, and 20/470 (5.9%) for BED200 Gy (p = 0.029). Long-term morbidity was not different for the two isotopes.Brachytherapy boost with I-125 and Pd-103 appears equally effective yielding 10-year CSS of over 90%. I-125 may have an advantage in T3 disease. Higher doses yield the most favorable survival.
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