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. 2009 Sep 9;4:34. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-4-34

Table 1.

Patients characteristics

No of patient 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Age (years) 81 63 79 69 77 78 69

Recurrence time (years) 5.86 4.82 6.75 5.16 5.85 5.82 7.55

PSADT (month) 13.9 9.0 10.2 8.5 10.2 5.5 25.8

Tumour stage (at relapse) T2c T3b T2c T2c T3a T2c T3b

PSA at recurrence (ng/ml) 5.11 6.76 2.80 5.14 6.32 5.95 13.00

Gleason score at recurrence 3+4 - 3+4 3+3 4+3 4+3 3+3

GTV (cm3) 0.61 1.09 3.48 5.08 5.75 10.36 19.93

CTV (cm3) 2.59 3.29 9.72 12.84 15.65 20.91 38.61

PTV(cm3) 6.68 8.13 22.13 26.67 30.42 39.47 64.20

Abbreviations: PSA = prostate-specific antigen; PSADT = prostate-specific antigen doubling time; PET-CT = Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography; GTV = gross tumour volume; CTV = Clinical Target Volume; PTV = Planning Target Volume.