Urology
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To determine the probability of biochemical control for patients treated with salvage irradiation and identify prognostic factors associated with successful salvage. The optimal management of prostate cancer in patients with an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level after radical prostatectomy remains unclear. ⋯ Salvage radiotherapy yields a 76% complete response rate, with 35% of treated patients free of a detectable PSA at 5 years. Those with favorable biochemical and pathologic tumor features are most likely to remain disease free.