Surgery in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Prostate Cancer focused on measuring recurrent prostate cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven recurrent or persistent prostate cancer Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) no greater than 20 ng/mL Must have been previously treated with at least 60 cGy of external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy for clinical stages T1-2NXM0 with PSA no greater than 30 ng/mL No metastatic disease at time of biopsy PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 75 and under Performance status: CALGB (Zubrod) 0-1 Life expectancy: At least 5-10 years Other: No other "currently Temporarily closed" malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancer Patients are not considered to have a "currently Temporarily closed" malignancy if they have completed therapy and are considered to be at less than 30% risk of relapse PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Endocrine therapy: At least 3 months since prior adjuvant hormonal therapy Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 18 months since prior external beam or interstitial radiotherapy
Sites / Locations
- Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center
- Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
- Naval Medical Center - San Diego
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Diego
- UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Washington, DC
- Broward General Medical Center
- Memorial Cancer Institute at Memorial Regional Hospital
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital
- CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
- West Suburban Center for Cancer Care
- Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Incorporated
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa
- Baptist Hospital East - Louisville
- Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- UMASS Memorial Cancer Center - University Campus
- Lakeland Cancer Care Center at Lakeland Hospital - St. Joseph
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center at University of Missouri - Columbia
- CCOP - Kansas City
- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Las Vegas
- New Hampshire Oncology-Hematology, PA - Hooksett
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at the Cooper University Hospital
- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
- Elmhurst Hospital Center
- Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital
- CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
- North Shore University Hospital
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- New York Weill Cornell Cancer Center at Cornell University
- Mount Sinai Medical Center
- SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Asheville
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- NorthEast Oncology Associates - Concord
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Lenoir Memorial Cancer Center
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Moore Regional Hospital
- Zimmer Cancer Center at New Hanover Regional Medical Center
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
- Oklahoma University Medical Center
- Miriam Hospital at Lifespan
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dallas
- Vermont Cancer Center at University of Vermont
- Martha Jefferson Hospital
- Virginia Oncology Associates - Norfolk
- MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
- Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia, Incorporated - Roanoke
- St. Mary's Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Other
Surgery
Salvage prostatectomy