%0 Journal Article
%T The role of radiotherapy in metastatic prostate cancer
%A Karishma Khullar
%A Rahul R Parikh
%J Archive of "American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Urology".
%D 2019
%X The current standard of care for patients with metastatic prostate cancer includes ADT with a palliative intent. Recent studies have investigated the role of local therapy in metastatic prostate cancer. While retrospective data has shown some benefit with regard to survival and delay in initiation of ADT, there has been limited prospective Randomized data. To date, there has only been one recent randomized trial revealing a survival benefit with local radiotherapy, largely benefiting patients with the lowest burden of disease. The purpose of this review is to summarize the evidence and ongoing clinical trials regarding the role of radiotherapy in metastatic prostate cancer patients
%K Prostate cancer
%K oligometastasis
%K radiotherapy
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526359/