Review Article

Prostate Radiotherapy in the Era of Advanced Imaging and Precision Medicine

Table 1

Randomized controlled trials evaluating the efficacy of radiation dose escalation for prostate cancer.

Trial, inclusion criteriaDose comparison (Gray)Outcome

MD Anderson [35]301
cT1-3 N0 M0
70 versus 7878% versus 59% Freedom from biochemical or clinical failure
PROG 95-09 [37]393
cT1b-2b, PSA ≤ 15
70.2 versus 79.232% versus 17% 10-year biochemical failure
MRC RT01 [39]843
cT1b-3a N0 M0, PSA < 50
64 versus 7443% versus 55% 10-year biochemical recurrence-free survival
Dutch [36]664
cT1b-4
68 versus 7854% versus 64% Freedom from failure
GETUG 06 [38]306
cT1b-3a N0 M0, PSA < 50
70 versus 8039% versus 28% Biochemical failure

PSA: prostate specific antigen.