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  • Oncology
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Medical Imaging

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  • Salvage high-dose-rate brachytherapy (sHDRB) is a treatment for recurrent prostate cancer after initial radiation.
  • However, patient outcomes vary, with approximately 50% experiencing benefit and many facing distant recurrences.
  • Identifying predictive factors for sHDRB success is crucial for patient selection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To employ machine learning to identify patient characteristics associated with biochemical failure (BF) after prostate sHDRB.
  • To improve patient selection for sHDRB by pinpointing those at higher risk of recurrence.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data from 52 patients treated with sHDRB for locally recurrent prostate cancer (1998-2009).
  • Machine learning algorithms (decision trees, MediBoost, random forests) were used to analyze 16 clinical risk features.
  • Biochemical failure (BF) was defined using the Phoenix definition, with a minimum 5-year follow-up.

Main Results:

  • Patients with a fraction of positive biopsy cores ≥0.35 and a disease-free interval <4.12 years showed a significantly higher BF rate (0.75) after sHDRB.
  • This contrasts with a BF rate of 0.38 in the remaining patient population.

Conclusions:

  • Machine learning identified specific patient subgroups at high risk for BF after sHDRB.
  • A fraction of positive cores ≥0.35 and a disease-free interval <4.1 years are potential indicators for increased BF risk following sHDRB.