ESTRO Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer 2018

INTRAPROSTATIC FAILURE:

SURGERY AS AN OPTION

When curative therapy is considered,

radical prostatectomy

might be performed

However, EBRT induced fibrosis tends to obliterate the usual tissue planes for surgical resection. This increases the degree of technical difficulties as well as the morbidity of the procedure, resulting in a general reluctance amongst surgeons to perform salvage surgery.