Radiation Therapy Post Prostatectomy Using Axumin Imaging for Target Definition

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Julie Trifone, CMD Maureen Britton, RN CMD Joshua Taylor, CMD Marious Croos, RT(T) Thomas Quinn, RT(T) CMD Katie Figura, RT(T) Bashera Nochomowitz, CMD Shannon Higgins, CMD Linda O’Connor, CMD Sherri Suhl, CMD Kathleen Briggs, MSc Jean Quigley, RT(R)(T) Heather Reifler, RT(R)(T) Kenneth Ulin, PhD Koren S. Smith, MS, MBA, DABR Carla D. Bradford, PhD I-Lin Kuo, PhD Yankhua Fan, PhD Suhong Yu, PhD Harry Bushe, MS Jonathan Saleeby, MS, DABR Fenghong Liu, PhD Abdulnasser Khalifeh, PhD Linda Ding, PhD Maryann Bishop-Jodoin, MEd Thomas J. FitzGerald

Abstract

Radiation therapy delivered post-prostatectomy can provide durable disease-free clinical outcomes. There remains debate as to whether the radiation should be applied to patients with high risk features post-surgery or deferred until there is biomarker evidence of clinical recurrence. Prior to the development of advanced-technology metabolic and anatomic imaging, the radiation therapy treatment fields were applied based on historical models of patterns of failure including the former capsule region, undersurface of the bladder, and the bladder urethral anastomosis. Although outcomes of therapy were good, the choice of the target was not image directed. Modern imaging has provided an advantage for targeting as radiation oncologists can be more secure of high-risk areas and in turn titrate dose to regions deemed of intermediate and low risk. In this paper we describe strategies for application of modern axumin imaging for patient care with radiation therapy post prostatectomy.

Keywords: Advanced-technology radiation therapy, prostate cancer, Axumin imaging, clinical outcome

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TRIFONE, Julie et al. Radiation Therapy Post Prostatectomy Using Axumin Imaging for Target Definition. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 9, n. 12, dec. 2021. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/2626>. Date accessed: 07 oct. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v9i12.2626.
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