Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage II Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Prostate Cancer focused on measuring adenocarcinoma of the prostate, stage IIB prostate cancer, stage IIA prostate cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate Clinical stage T1b-T2b Meets one of the following criteria: Gleason score 2-6 AND prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ≥ 10 ng/mL but < 20 ng/mL Gleason score 7 AND PSA < 15 ng/mL No regional lymph node involvement No distant metastases PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: Zubrod 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: No other invasive malignancy within the past 5 years except localized basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer No other major medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude study participation PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior cytotoxic chemotherapy No concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: At least 3 months since prior finasteride No other prior hormonal therapy, including: Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists (e.g., goserelin or leuprolide) Antiandrogens (e.g., flutamide or bicalutamide) Estrogens (e.g., diethylstilbestrol) No concurrent (neoadjuvant or adjuvant) hormonal therapy Radiotherapy: No prior pelvic irradiation or brachytherapy Surgery: No prior radical surgery (prostatectomy) or cryosurgery for prostate cancer No prior surgical castration (bilateral orchiectomy) Other: At least 3 months since prior finasteride or phytoestrogen preparation (PC-SPES)
Sites / Locations
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach
- Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group, Incorporated
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Washington Cancer Institute at Washington Hospital Center
- Bay Medical
- Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
- Oncology Center at Saint Margaret Mercy Healthcare Center
- Cancer Center at Ball Memorial Hospital
- Providence Medical Center
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- Menorah Medical Center
- Johnson County Radiation Therapy
- Shawnee Mission Medical Center
- Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky
- Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center
- Central Maryland Oncology Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Foote Memorial Hospital
- West Michigan Cancer Center
- Breslin Cancer Center at Ingham Regional Medical Center
- William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak Campus
- CentraCare Clinic - River Campus
- Regional Cancer Center at Singing River Hospital
- Independence Regional Health Center
- Truman Medical Center - Hospital Hill
- Saint Luke's Cancer Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital
- Kansas City Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Medical Mall
- St. Joseph Medical Center
- North Kansas City Hospital
- Parvin Radiation Oncology
- CCOP - Kansas City
- Radiation Oncology Associates of Kansas City at Northland Radiation Oncology Center
- Heartland Regional Medical Center
- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Saint Louis
- Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper University Hospital - Camden
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper - Voorhees
- Lovelace Medical Center - Downtown
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn
- New York Methodist Hospital
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
- Cancer Centers of North Carolina - Raleigh
- Rex Cancer Center at Rex Hospital
- Summa Center for Cancer Care at Akron City Hospital
- Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital
- Precision Radiotherapy at University Pointe
- Cancer Treatment Center
- Bryn Mawr Hospital
- Cancer Center of Paoli Memorial Hospital
- Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- MNAP Oncologic Center
- Albert Einstein Cancer Center
- McGlinn Family Regional Cancer Center at Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- Mount Nittany Medical Center
- CCOP - Main Line Health
- Lankenau Cancer Center at Lankenau Hospital
- Thompson Cancer Survival Center
- Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
- Brooke Army Medical Center
- Wilford Hall Medical Center
- Jon and Karen Huntsman Cancer Center at Intermountain Medical Center
- Val and Ann Browning Cancer Center at McKay-Dee Hospital Center
- Dixie Regional Medical Center - East Campus
- LDS Hospital
- Danville Regional Medical Center
- Naval Medical Center - Portsmouth
- Gundersen Lutheran Cancer Center at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
- Community Memorial Hospital Cancer Care Center
- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
- All Saints Cancer Center at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary
- Cross Cancer Institute at University of Alberta
- CancerCare Manitoba
- Saint John Regional Hospital
- Doctor H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre
- Margaret and Charles Juravinski Cancer Centre
- London Regional Cancer Program at London Health Sciences Centre
- Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre
- Cancer Care Program at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences
- Edmond Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook
- Hopital Notre-Dame du CHUM
- McGill Cancer Centre at McGill University
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre at the University of Saskatchewan
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
70.2 Gy
79.2 Gy
70.2 Gy 3D-CRT/IMRT
79.2 Gy 3D-CRT/IMRT