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• a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for adenocarcinoma of the prostate

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• 11 ng/mL

• 1 ng/mL. Repeat PSA testing was performed 3 months later at 0.31 ng/mL.

• n one-half of men with adverse pathologic features will experience a PSA relapse after radical prostatectomy.

• salvage radiation therapy can be curative.

• arly initiation of salvage radiation leads to improved outcomes, including prevention of distant metastases and freedom from biochemical failure compared with observation.

• Initiation of short-term androgen deprivation therapy can be considered in addition to EBRT but is not recommended in isolation unless the patient‘s performance status precludes EBRT.

• There is a role for chemotherapy in the setting of PSA-only relapse