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<IndexPatientGuideline ID="x22744" Name="Guideline Statement 44" IsComponent="true" Changed="20260414T18:09:10" Created="20260414T18:06:33" Published="20260416T09:16:49" SiteBaseUrl="https://www.auanet.org" Locale="" XPowerPath="/Home/Guidelines &amp; Quality/Guidelines/Clinical Guidelines/Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer/Principles of Management/Principles of Radiation/Guideline Statement 44">
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  <BodyCopy type="xhtml" UID="41a2d8598c364193bbfe9ad86d7bcd3c" label="Body Copy" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" indexable="false" Height="" CIID="">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When treating a subgroup of high-risk localized patients (&amp;ge; 2 of the following: PSA &amp;ge; 40 ng/dL, &amp;ge; Gleason 8, &amp;ge; cT3) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;or locally advanced prostate cancer (cN1) with radiation therapy, clinicians should combine ADT with abiraterone acetate and prednisone for 24 months. &lt;em&gt;(Strong Recommendation; Evidence Level: Grade B)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyCopy>
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  <DiscussionBody type="xhtml" UID="9bbbac02721d4eefba59c63ee7ff9007" label="Discussion Body" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" indexable="false" Height="" CIID="">&lt;p&gt;A meta-analysis of phase 3 STAMPEDE trials included patients with high-risk prostate cancer (having &amp;ge; 2 of the following: PSA &amp;ge; 40 ng/dL, &amp;ge; Gleason 8, &amp;ge; cT3) or clinical evidence of pelvic lymph node involvement.&amp;nbsp; In this investigation, patients treated with ADT plus abiraterone acetate 1000 mg PO daily with prednisolone 5 mg PO daily for 24 months in combination with definitive radiation treatment had improved MFS and OS when compared with patients receiving ADT for 24 months with definitive radiation alone.&lt;sup&gt;154&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</DiscussionBody>
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