Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review

Table 4

HDR brachytherapy: percentages biochemical free relapse after combined with external-beam radiation therapy according to risk group for prostate cancer patients.

Author	Number of patients	% of biochemical free reccurence according to risk group			Years after diagnosis
		Low risk	Intermediate risk	High risk
Aström et al. [51]	214	100	100	86	4
Flynn et al. [52]	674	97	92	79	5
Galalae et al. [53]	611	96	88	69	5
Galalae et al. [54]	324	—	85	81	5
Guix et al. [55]	445	—	95	94	5
Izard et al. [56]	165	100	95	67	5
Martinez et al. [57]	207	—	85	75	5
Phan et al. [58]	309	100	100	97	5
Yamada et al. [59]	105	100	98	92	5
Demanes et al. [60]	209	93	82	62	10
Ghilezan et al. [61]	1577	—	88	74	10
Hasan et al. [62]	886	93	92	71	10