If I just had a radical prostatectomy and had disease involving the capsule, what is the evidence to support my receiving radiation therapy postoperatively?
Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) trial 8794 enrolled 425 patients with pathologically determined extracapsular extension, positive margins, and/or seminal vesicle involvement. Patients received either observation or external beam radiation therapy. The patients who received radiation had about one-half the risk of PSA failure at 10 years compared with the observation group.
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