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Curative brachytherapy for prostate cancer in African-Caribbean patients: A retrospective analysis of 370 consecutive cases

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 16; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.brachy.2016.11.006

1873-1449

V. Atallah, Nicolas Leduc, M. Creoff, Paul Sargos, T. Taouil, Patrick Escarmant, Vincent Vinh‐Hung,

Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments

Purpose Prostate cancer is the most frequent malignancy in African-Caribbean men, a population sharing common genetic traits with African-American (AA) but presenting also genomic and epidemiologic specificities. Despite socioeconomic disparities with French mainland, all patients were treated within the French state–financed equal-access health care system. In this study, we report biochemical outcomes of patients treated by brachytherapy in our department from 2005 to 2014 in an African-Caribbean population. Methods and Materials Three hundred seventy consecutive patients receiving 125I brachytherapy as a curative treatment for early-stage (localized) disease between 2005 and 2014 were recorded. Selected patients presented with low-risk disease: initial prostate-specific antigen (PSA) <10 ng/mL, clinical stage ≤ T2c, and Gleason score <7. Patients with intermediate risk of recurrence were also included on a case-to-case basis with prostate-specific antigen <15 or Gleason score 7 (3 + 4). Biochemical failure free–survival was defined according to the American Society for Radiation Oncology nadir+2 definition. Results The 3-year and 5-year biochemical failure free–survival for the entire cohort were 98.3% and 91.6%, respectively. For patients with low- and intermediate-risk disease, the 5-year BBFS rates were 92.1% and 90.8%, respectively. In univariate and multivariate analyses, only Gleason score (<7 vs. 7; p = 0.030 vs. p < 0.05) was a significant predictor of biochemical failure. The overall rate of late and acute Grade 2 or higher genitourinary toxicity was 12.6% and 10.3%. Conclusions In this large single-center series, brachytherapy achieved excellent rates of medium-term biochemical control in both low and selected intermediate-risk localized prostate cancer in African-Caribbean patients. Brachytherapy seems to be an excellent choice of treatment, with excellent outcomes and limited morbidity for African-Caribbean populations.