Gender
Male
Age Group
18 Years and up
Accepting Healthy Volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult (≥ 18 years old) male patients with an ECOG Performance Status 0-2
- Histologically-confirmed, MRI-visible prostate adenocarcinoma with NCCN
intermediate- or high-risk disease1 without extra-pelvic metastasis.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Distant metastases
- Prior active treatment for prostate cancer including radical prostatectomy,
high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), cryosurgery, ADT, or cytotoxic
chemotherapy for treatment of prostate cancer. Patients with prostate cancer on
active surveillance prior to the study are not excluded if they have not received
active treatment.
- Prior pelvic radiotherapy including brachytherapy.
- Additional active concurrent malignancies (except localized cutaneous squamous or
basal cell carcinomas).
- Comorbid conditions that, in the opinion of the treating radiation oncologist,
preclude the patient from safely receiving the protocol-specified treatment
including RT and/or ADT.
- Patients with contraindications to MRI including patients with ferromagnetic
materials in their body (e.g. bioimplants, surgical hardware, shrapnel), patients
who are unable to receive contrast due to history of allergy or impaired renal
function (glomerular filtration rate < 30 mil/min), and patients unable to tolerate
MRI for other reasons (e.g. significant claustrophobia).
- Patients for whom hydrogel or hyaluronic acid spacer will be placed.
- Patients incapable of giving informed consent.
- Patients who are unable to adhere to the experimental protocols for any reason.