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Table 5 The patterns of first failure after definitive radiotherapy

From: Definitive 3D-CRT for clinically localized prostate cancer: modifications of the clinical target volume following a prostate MRI and the clinical benefits

 

Prostate MRI

p

Yes (n = 189)

No (n = 221)

No. of patients (%)

No. of patients (%)

Biochemical failure alone

24 (13)

20 (9)

0.26

Clinical failure

9 (5)

4 (2)

0.10

 Primary alone

1

0

 

 Regional lymph node alone

2

0

 

 Distant metastasis alone

4

3

 

 Primary, regional and distant metastasis

1

0

 

 Regional lymph node and distant metastasis

1

1

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