Feasibility and preliminary outcome of salvage combined HDR brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for local recurrences after radical prostatectomy

Combined EBRT and IMBT-boost of TRUS detectable recurrences of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy seems to be a feasible method of salvage treatment. These early results need to be confirmed by further prospective randomized trials and by longer follow-up in all dose groups.