BENEFIT OF ADJUVANT RADIATION THERAPY FOR LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER WITH A POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGIN

Abstract

Patients with localized prostate cancer and a singe positive surgical margin appear to have a lower rate of biochemical relapse at 5 years when adjuvant radiation therapy is administered. Definitive evidence of the beneficial effect of adjuvant radiation therapy for patients with involved surgical margins awaits conclusion of randomized clinical trials.