Clinical oncology : a journal of the Royal College of Radiologists
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Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) · Apr 2004
Toxicity and early biochemical outcomes from 125iodine prostate brachytherapy in the UK. A prospective study.
Transperineal interstitial prostate brachytherapy is increasingly available to patients with early prostate cancer in the U.K., but limited data are available about the toxicity and early results in the U.K. prostate cancer population. We describe our experience and results from prostate brachytherapy to date. ⋯ Brachytherapy was tolerated well, with self-limiting urinary, bowel and sexual toxicity in most patients. Postoperative catheter use in our population is closely linked to pre-implant IPSS score, baseline prostate volume and urodynamic obstruction status. This work confirms the prognostic value of urodynamic assessment, which adds useful prognostic information to assessment of known risk factors such as prostate volume and IPSS.