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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Brachytherapy. 2017 Jan 16;16(2):245–265. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2016.11.017

Table 1.

Low Risk (LR) and Intermediate Risk (IR) disease

LR
and
IR
Type of
study/institution
Year of
study
Number
of
patients
Median
FU
Risk
stratification
Treatment %
on
ADT
Median
ADT
duration
(range)
Overall
bPFS
ADT
benefit
for bPFS
Overall
CSS
ADT
benefit
for CSS
Overall
OS
ADT
benefit
for OS
Comments and factors predictive
of outcome bPFS, CSS and OS
LDR
Ciezki (70) MultiinstitutionalUS 1996-2001 1668 4y LR:64%
IR:36%
LDR±ADT 37% 6 mo 87.8% No benefit NR NR NR NR NR
Potters (71) New York Institutions US 1992-2000 1449 6.8y NR LDR±EBRT±ADT 27% 5.2 mo (1-24) 77% No benefit 93% NR 81% NR bPFS (GS, iPSA, D90)
Ohashi (72) Multiinstitutional Japan 2003-2009 663 5y LR: 67%
fIR: 33%
LDR±ADT 44% 3 mo 95.9% No benefit 99% NR 96% NR bPFs (D90, risk group)
Morris (73) British Columbia, Canada 1998-2003 1006 7.5y LR: 58%
fIR: 42%
LDR±ADT 65% 6 mo 95% No benefit 99% NR 83% No benefit bPFS (log iPSA, D90 in ADT naïve)
OS (Age, log iPSA)
Martin (74) Quebec City Canada 1994-2001 396 5y LR: 69%
fIR: 31%
LDR±ADT 65% 6mo 88.5% No benefit NR NR NR NR bPFS (GS and stage)