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. 2004;6(Suppl 4):S37–S48.

Table 3.

Biochemical Relapse-Free Survival

RP 3D-CRT I-125 EBRT+Seeds
D’Amico38 Zelefsky92 Grimm15 Sylvester93
(HUP)(B&W) (MSKCC) (Seattle) (Seattle)
Risk 5-yr BRFS 10-yr BRFS 10-yr BRFS 10-yr BRFS
Group (DRG) (DRG) (SRG) (SRG) (SRG) (DRG)
Low 85% 83% 83% 87% 85% 84
Intermediate 65% 50% 50% 76% 77% 90%
High 32% 28% 42% 47% 46%

RP, radical prostatectomy; HUP, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; B & W Brigham and Women’s Hospital; BRFS biochemical relapse-free survival; DRG, D’Amico risk grouping; 3D-CRT, three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy; MSKCC, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; SRG, standard MSKCC risk grouping; I-125, iodine-125; EBRT, external beam radiotherapy.