Risk of biochemical recurrence and positive surgical margins in patients with pT2 prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy

Martin Andreas Røder, Frederik Birkebæk Thomsen, Kasper Drimer Berg, Ib Jarle Christensen, Klaus Brasso, Ben Vainer, Peter Iversen

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Abstract

Background and Objective To investigate risk factors associated with positive surgical margins (PSM) and biochemical recurrence (BR) in organ confined tumors (pT2) after radical prostatectomy (RP) for localized prostate cancer (PCa). Methods Between 1995 and 2011, 1,649 patients underwent RP at our institution. The study includes the 1,133 consecutive patients with pT2 tumors at final histopathology. Logistic regression analysis was used for risk of PSM. Risk of BR, defined as the first PSA ≥ 0.2 ng/ml, was analyzed with Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analysis. Results Median follow-up was 3.6 years (range: 0.5-15.5 years). In logistic regression, NS surgery was independently associated with an increased risk of pT2 PSM (OR = 1.68, 95% CI: 1.3-2.0, P = 0.01) relative to non-NS surgery. NS surgery was not independently associated with BR but the interaction of PSM and NS surgery trended (P = 0.08) to increase the risk of BR compared to PSM and non-NS surgery. Conclusion Several factors influence the risk of pT2 PSMs in radical prostatectomy. In our cohort pT2 PSM is associated with NS surgery and trend to increase risk of BR compared to non-NS surgery. The optimal selection of candidates for NS surgery is still not clear. J. Surg. Oncol. 2014 109:132-138.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Surgical Oncology
Volume109
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)132-8
Number of pages7
ISSN0022-4790
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2014

Keywords

  • Aged
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Organ Sparing Treatments
  • Prostate
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen
  • Prostatectomy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Risk Factors

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