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=== Definition === | === Definition === | ||
* '''1996 ASTRO (American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology) definition: 3 consecutive PSA increases measured 6 months apart and backdating the time of cancer progression to halfway between the PSA nadir and the first rising PSA level''' | * '''<span style="color:#ff0000">1996 ASTRO (American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology) definition: 3 consecutive PSA increases measured 6 months apart and backdating the time of cancer progression to halfway between the PSA nadir and the first rising PSA level</span>''' | ||
* '''2005 Phoenix definition: PSA nadir + 2 ng/mL; failure is not backdated'''. Thus the time to recurrence is further prolonged after the PSA level begins to rise, and often it takes a considerably longer time for the PSA level to increase by 2 ng/mL | * '''<span style="color:#ff0000">2005 Phoenix definition: PSA nadir + 2 ng/mL; failure is not backdated</span>'''. Thus the time to recurrence is further prolonged after the PSA level begins to rise, and often it takes a considerably longer time for the PSA level to increase by 2 ng/mL | ||
** '''The Phoenix definition of definition of failure is associated with fewer false positives for failure than the ASTRO definition''' | ** '''The Phoenix definition of definition of failure is associated with fewer false positives for failure than the ASTRO definition''' | ||
* '''Given the differences in defining failure, it is not possible to make fair comparisons between radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy by use of these outcome measurements; other measurements such as metastasis-free survival or cancer-specific survival are more appropriate comparisons of treatment failure''' | * '''Given the differences in defining failure, it is not possible to make fair comparisons between radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy by use of these outcome measurements; other measurements such as metastasis-free survival or cancer-specific survival are more appropriate comparisons of treatment failure''' | ||
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** 5-year metastasis-free survival: absolute risk reduction: 16% (87% combination group vs. 71% leuprolide-alone group, significant); NNT: 6 | ** 5-year metastasis-free survival: absolute risk reduction: 16% (87% combination group vs. 71% leuprolide-alone group, significant); NNT: 6 | ||
** 5-year overall survival: absolute risk reduction: 5% (92% combination group vs. 87% leuprolide-alone group, not significant) | ** 5-year overall survival: absolute risk reduction: 5% (92% combination group vs. 87% leuprolide-alone group, not significant) | ||
**Enzalutamide monotherapy better than leuprolide monotherapy for progression-free survival | |||
***First evidence that second-generation androgen deprivation therapy monotherapy better than first-generation monotherapy | |||
* [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37851874/ Freedland, Stephen J., et al.] "Improved outcomes with enzalutamide in biochemically recurrent prostate cancer." ''New England Journal of Medicine'' 389.16 (2023): 1453-1465. | * [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37851874/ Freedland, Stephen J., et al.] "Improved outcomes with enzalutamide in biochemically recurrent prostate cancer." ''New England Journal of Medicine'' 389.16 (2023): 1453-1465. | ||