Combined Prostate Brachytherapy and Short-Term Androgen Deprivation Therapy as Salvage Therapy for Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer After External Beam Irradiation

Abstract

Our series suggests that salvage brachytherapy and short-term androgen deprivation therapy can achieve biochemical control in select patients with local relapse after prior external beam irradiation. The major side effects are urinary complications, including grade 3 and 4 complications in 41% and 6% of cases, respectively.