Salvage brachytherapy for recurrent prostate cancer

Purpose To evaluate the role of salvage prostate brachytherapy for locally recurrent prostate cancer after external beam radiation alone. Methods and Materials Sixty-nine consecutive patients treated with salvage brachytherapy after a local failure were analyzed. All patients were found to have pathologic proven recurrent prostate cancer at least 2 years after initial therapy and no regional or distant disease on imaging studies. Pd-103 was used...