Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review

Table 2

LDR brachytherapy: clinical results for patients with intermediate-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	87
Zelefsky et al. [22]	47	ASTRO	63 MONTHS	5	89
Zelefsky et al. [23]	960	ASTRO	63 MONTHS	8	70
Khaksar et al. [25]	111	ASTRO	45 MONTHS	5	89
Guedea et al. [26]	119	ASTRO	30 MONTHS	3	88
Stock et al. [14]	318	ASTRO	4.2 YEARS	10	89.5
Potters et al. [28]	554	ASTRO	96 MONTHS	12	78
Sharkey et al. [29]	1707	ASTRO	—	12	89
Joseph et al. [30]	667	ASTRO	31 MONTHS	8	73.9
Critz and Levinson [31]	1469	>0.2 ng/mL	6 YEARS	10	80
Battermann et al. [33]	114	ASTRO	48 MONTHS	5	75
Sylvester et al. [35]	92	2 PSA rises	63 MONTHS	10	77
Koutrouvelis et al. [41]	68	ASTRO	4 YEARS	5	95
Kwok et al. [36]	33	ASTRO	7 YEARS	5	63
Merrick et al. [40]	273	ASTRO	4.7 YEARS	8	94.8