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- Title
Low-volume grade group 2 prostate cancer candidates for active surveillance: a radical prostatectomy retrospective analysis.
- Authors
Björklund, Johan; Cheung, Douglas C.; Martin, Lisa J.; Komisarenko, Maria; Lajkosz, Katharine; Hamilton, Robert J.; Zlotta, Alexandre R.; Finelli, Antonio
- Abstract
Guidelines support considering selected men with ISUP grade group (GG) 2 prostate cancer for active surveillance (AS). We assessed the association of clinical variables with unfavorable pathology at radical prostatectomy in low-volume GG 2 prostate cancer on biopsy in a retrospective cohort. This was a retrospective analysis of 378 men with low-volume (≤ 2 cores) GG 2 localized prostate cancer who underwent prostatectomy at a single tertiary cancer center. Multivariable logistic regression of unfavorable pathology, upgrading to ≥ T3, or GG ≥ 3 was performed in relation to clinical factors, common variables used in AS in GG 1 and percentage Gleason 4 at biopsy. We compared the performance of potential variables with commonly used combined AS restrictions in GG 1 prostate cancer. In total, 128/378 (34%) men had unfavorable pathology at radical prostatectomy. On multivariable analysis, > 5% Gleason pattern 4 was independently associated with an increased risk of GG ≥ 3. A maximum percentage core involvement > 50% was independently associated with an increased risk of pT-stage ≥ 3 and unfavorable pathology. Restriction to patients with ≤ 5% Gleason 4 decreased the upgrading of both unfavorable pathology (OR = 0.62, p = 0.041) and GG ≥ 3 (OR = 0.17, p = 0.0007) compared to the full cohort, while restriction to those with ≤ 50% of max core involvement did not. In low-volume GG 2, the percentage of Gleason 4 of ≤ 5% was the strongest predictor in reducing upgrading at final pathology. This easily available pathological descriptor could be used to guide urologists and patients when considering AS in this setting.
- Subjects
RADICAL prostatectomy; WATCHFUL waiting; PROSTATE cancer; RETROSPECTIVE studies; PROSTATE biopsy
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Urology, 2023, Vol 57, Issue 1-6, p29
- ISSN
2168-1805
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/21681805.2023.2165709