Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review

Table 1

LDR brachytherapy: clinical results for patients with low-risk prostate cancer.

Author	Number of patients	PSA relapse definition	Median followup	Years after diagnosis	% of biochimical free reccurence
Ellis et al. [21]	239	ASTRO	47 MONTHS	7	96
Zelefsky et al. [22]	319	ASTRO	63 MONTHS	5	96
Zelefsky et al. [23]	1444	ASTRO	63 MONTHS	8	82
Block et al. [24]	118	ASTRO	49 MONTHS	5	94.7
Khaksar et al. [25]	146	ASTRO	45 MONTHS	5	96
Guedea et al. [26]	241	ASTRO	30 MONTHS	3	93
Stock et al. [14]	589	ASTRO	4.2 YEARS	10	94
Prada et al. [27]	275	ASTRO	31 MONTHS	5	96
Potters et al. [28]	481	ASTRO-Kattan	82 MONTHS	12	89
Sharkey et al. [29]	1707	ASTRO	—	12	89
Joseph et al. [30]	667	ASTRO	31 MONTHS	8	84.3
Critz and Levinson [31]	1469	>0.2 ng/mL	6 YEARS	10	93
Bladou et al. [32]	177	NOT DEFINED	29 MONTHS	3	98
Battermann et al. [33]	114	ASTRO	48 MONTHS	5	89
D’Amico et al. [34]	196	ASTRO	3.9 YEARS	5	95
Sylvester et al. [35]	73	2 PSA rises	63 MONTHS	10	89
Kwok et al. [36]	41	ASTRO	7 YEARS	5	85
Grimm et al. [37]	125	2 PSA RISES	81 MONTHS	10	87
Wallner et al. [38]	126	>0.5 ng/mL	2.9 YEARS	3	89–91
Martin et al. [39]	273	Houston	5 YEARS	12	90
Merrick et al. [40]	120	ASTRO	31 MONTHS	5	97