Suggested treatment schema for low-, intermediate-, and high-risk disease for permanent prostate brachytherapy
Suggested treatment schema for low-, intermediate-, and high-risk disease for permanent prostate brachytherapy
Risk group per NCCN
Brachytherapy alone?
Combined with EBRT?
Combined with androgen deprivation?
Low
Yes
Not favored
Not favored
Intermediate
Optional
Optional
Optional
High
No
Yes
Favored
NCCN: National Comprehensive Cancer Network; EBRT: external beam radiation therapy.
Reproduced from: Davis BJ, Horwitz EM, Lee WR, et al. American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for transrectal ultrasound-guided permanent prostate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy 2012; 11:6. Table used with the permission of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.