Would you treat the prostate in a patient with widely metastatic disease who has CR to all metastatic sites after systemic therapy or ADT?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
This is an interesting hypothesis, but requires further study before offering. The trials that define a benefit to prostate RT in the metastatic setting (HORRAD, STAMPEDE, and now PEACE-1) did not use response-adapted selection criteria. Therefore, we cannot say that radiation to the prostate in an ...
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Radiation Oncologist at Willis-Knighton Medical Center This is a concept that may take years to accumulat...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
Increasing clinical, molecular, and genetic evidence suggests that local therapy of the primary tumor may impact outcomes in patients presenting with metastatic prostate cancer. There are prospective data demonstrating improved outcomes for multimodal treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer an...
This is a concept that may take years to accumulat...