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Expert Opinion / Cases · April 21, 2015

Prostate Cancer With Positive Margins: Should We Recommend Radiotherapy?

 Tony Nimeh MD
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  • David Mutchnik

    Apr 21, 2015

    get psa and follow 
    radiation if psa rises

  • Charles Maack

    Apr 21, 2015

    The tertiary grade 5 is of concern, not so much the margins since lymph nodes showed negative and I expect seminal vesicles and vas deferens showed same.  Because of the tertiary grade 5 PSA should certainly be followed and if level post surgical removal is 0.1ng/ml or over I would expect a period of ADT as well as salvage radiation considered since we would hope continued cancer cell activity remains prostatic bed confined...possibly in pelvic lymph nodes if samples not extracted for pathological review

  • michael hermans

    Apr 21, 2015

    is he potent preop? i would like him to maximize continence control. i would get a psa at 3 months and strongly consider xrt if psa gets to 0.4.i would encourage him to see a radiation oncologist to get their rationale for this situation.in my experinence it varies all over the place.

  • Tarek Osman

    Apr 22, 2015

    Yes I would advise him radiotherapy after I know the post prostatectomy nadir PSA.
    If he refuses radiotherapy I wil follow his PSA every 3 months. Thanks

  • Marius Markevicius

    Apr 22, 2015

    I would sent patient to adjuvant radiotherapy. PSA schedule would be after 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 month notwithstanding radiotherapy. If patient do not agree, I would follow him using the same PSA schedule.

  • Tony Nimeh

    Apr 23, 2015

    Thank you for your recommendations. Yes, he is potent preop. We will closely follow his PSA and refer him to a radiation oncologist to get the conversation started in case it becomes necessary. 

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