Salvage therapy of small volume prostate cancer nodal failures: a review of the literature

Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2014 Apr;90(1):24-35. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2013.11.003. Epub 2013 Nov 21.

Abstract

New imaging modalities may be useful to identify prostate cancer patients with small volume, limited nodal relapse ("oligo-recurrent") potentially amenable to local treatments (radiotherapy, surgery) with the aim of long-term control of the disease, even in a condition traditionally considered prognostically unfavorable. This report reviews the new diagnostic tools and the main published data about the role of surgery and radiation therapy in this particular subgroup of patients.

Keywords: ADT prostate; Nodal relapse; Oligo-recurrent disease; PET prostate; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; SBRT; Salvage lymph node dissection; Surgery.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy*
  • Prognosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Salvage Therapy*