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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Brachytherapy. 2009 May 9;8(4):345–352. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.01.004

TABLE 1.

Clinical Characteristics of the Study Cohort Prior to Salvage Therapy With Salvage Treatment Details (N=25)

Median Initial PSA in ng/ml (range) 7.45 (4.2 to 18.4)
  #PSA 0 to <4 (%) 0 (0%)
  #PSA 4 to <10 (%) 23 (92%)
  #PSA 10 to 20 (%) 2 (8%)

Initial Gleason Score
  # Gleason 2+3=5 (%) 1 (4%)
  # Gleason 3+3=6 (%) 18 (72%)
  # Gleason 3+4=7 (%) 6 (24%)

Initial Clinical T-Category
  #T1c (%) 17 (68%)
  #T2a (%) 7 (28%)
  #Unknown (%) 1 (4%)

Initial Radiation Treatment Received
  #External Beam Radiation (66–70.2Gy) 12 (48%)
  #Brachytherapy (137 Gy, MRI-Guided) 11 (44%)
  #External Beam + Brachytherapy 1 (4%)
  #External beam + Hormones (4 months) 1 (4%)

  Median Pre-Salvage PSA Doubling Time (range) 9.46 months (1.9 to 39.9)
  #PSADT < 3 months (%) 2 (8%)
  #PSADT 3 to <6 months (%) 5 (20%)
  #PSADT 6 to <12 months (%) 10 (40%)
  #PSADT ≥12 months (%) 8 (32%)

Median Interval Between Radiation Treatments 5.2 years (2.5 to 12.8)
  #<2 years (%) 0 (0%)
  #2 to <5 years (%) 10 (40%)
  #5 to <10 years (%) 13 (52%)
  #≥10 years (%) 1 (4%)

Median Age in years at Salvage (range): 65 years (56 to 82)

ECOG Performance Status
  0 25 (100%)
  1 0 (0%)
  2 0 (0%)

Median PSA in ng/ml at Salvage (range) 5.5 (1.4 to 11.6)
  #PSA 0 to <4 (%) 9 (36%)
  #PSA 4 to 10 (%) 15 (60%)
  #PSA 10 to 20 (%) 1 (4%)

Median number of salvage needles (range) 20 (13–26)

Median total salvage activity (range) 26.3 mCi (21.2–43.0)

Median salvage gland size (range) 21 cc (12–66)

Median salvage activity/cc (range) 1.18 (0.59–2.0)