Epidemiology of prostate cancer and treatment remarks

Figure 1 Freedom from Biochemical Failure for patients treated with radical prostatectomy or external beam radiotherapy using Phoenix definition and 3 consecutive PSA increases > 0. 2 ng/mL definition. FFBF: Freedom from Biochemical Failure; EBRT: External beam radiotherapy; RP: Radical prostatectomy.

Figure 2 Freedom from Biochemical Failure for patients treated with external beam radiotherapy, radical prostatectomy only and radical prostatectomy plus adjuvant treatment (external beam radiotherapy ± androgen deprivation therapy). FFBF: Freedom from Biochemical Failure; EBRT: External beam radiotherapy; RPo: Radical prostatectomy only; RP: Radical prostatectomy; AT: Adjuvant treatment.