Catch-up treatment of post-prostatectomy prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men. Radical prostatectomy is the standard treatment for localized forms. Nonetheless around 30% of patients who undergo surgery will experience a post-prostatectomy biochemical recurrence during follow-up. This book offers a comprehensive review of salvage strategies focusing on current approaches and contemporary therapeutic perspectives. Catch-up radiotherapy modalities and associated systemic treatments are analyzed as are recent advances in imaging and biological follow-up. Through a critical synthesis of current literature this work provides urologists radiotherapists and oncologists with a rigorous framework for optimizing patient management and identifying avenues for innovative research.