Table 1.
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Total | |
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No of patients | 131 | 117 | 8 | 2 | 258 |
Brachytherapy Prescription dose (physical dose, Gy) | 18 Gy in 3 fractions | 19 Gy in 2 fractions | 17 Gy in 2 fractions | 10 and 6 Gy in 2 fractions | |
External Beam Prescription dose (physical dose, Gy) | 46 Gy in 23 fractions | 46 Gy in 23 fractions | 46 Gy in 23 fractions | 46 Gy in 23 fractions | |
Brachytherapy Prescription dose (2 Gy equivalent dose, α/β = 5 Gy) | 28.3 Gy | 39.4 Gy | 32.8 Gy | 30.8 Gy | |
Total dose EBRT + HDRB (2 Gy equivalent dose, α/β = 5 Gy) | 74.3 Gy | 85.4 Gy | 78.8 Gy | 76.8 Gy | |
Toxicity rate at 4 years (%) | 6.9% | 20.5% | 0% | 0% | 12.8% |
Mean time to stricture (years) | 3.6 | 2.1 | Not applicable | Not applicable | |
Median time to stricture (years) | 3.0 | 1.4 | Not applicable | Not applicable | |
Adjuvant androgen deprivation (no of patients) | 118 | 113 | 8 | 2 | 241 |
Mean age (years) | 65.4 | 66.3 | 66.1 | 65 | 65.7 |
For EBRT the 46 in 2 Gy per fraction prescription is shown as only 1 patient in the whole cohort had 50 in 2 Gy per fraction.