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Total Eradication following Radiation for the Treatment of Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer, TERPS Study

Trial Status: enrolling by invitation

This phase II trial compares the effect of standard of care treatment to standard of care treatment in combination with stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) in patients with prostate cancer that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body. For patients with metastatic prostate cancer disease recurrence, the established approach is to offer androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) which improves survival but inevitably leads to castration resistance, and can be associated with significant adverse effects. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Stereotactic body radiation therapy uses special equipment to position a patient and deliver radiation to tumors with high precision. This method may kill tumor cells with fewer doses over a shorter period and cause less damage to normal tissue.