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Biochemical recurrence after prostatectomy and risk of mortality

A scientific report at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, has recently evaluated whether biochemical recurrence as a time-dependent covariate (t) after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer was associated with the risk of death and whether salvage therapy with radiotherapy and/or hormonal therapy can lessen this risk

The authors conclude that the occurrence of biochemical recurrence was found to increase the risk of death in men undergoing prostatectomy for prostate cancer, and this risk appeared to increase as the time to biochemical recurrence shortened. However, the addition of radiotherapy and/or hormonaltherapy in men with biochemical recurrence significantly lowered this risk.