Effects of perineural invasion on biochemical recurrence and prostate cancer-specific survival in patients treated with definitive external beam radiotherapy

Perineural invasion (PNI) has not yet gained universal acceptance as an independent predictor of adverse outcomes for prostate cancer treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). We analyzed the prognostic influence of PNI for a large institutional cohort of prostate cancer patients who underwent EBRT with and without androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).

Source: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations - March 15, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Luke C. Peng, Amol K. Narang, Carol Gergis, Noura A. Radwan, Peijin Han, Ariel E. Marciscano, Scott P. Robertson, Pei He, Janson Trieu, Ashwin N. Ram, Todd R. McNutt, Emily Griffith, Theodore A. DeWeese, Stephanie Honig, Harleen Singh, Stephen C. Greco, P Tags: Original article Source Type: research