Radical prostatectomy as radical cure of prostate cancer in a high‑risk group: A single-institution experience

  • Authors:
    • Nobuki Furubayashi
    • Motonobu Nakamura
    • Ken Hishikawa
    • Atsushi Fukuda
    • Takashi Matsumoto
    • Kenichi Nishiyama
    • Takeharu Yamanaka
    • Yoshihiro Hasegawa
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  • Published online on: November 15, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2012.39
  • Pages: 337-342
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Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the possibility of performing radical prostatectomy (RP) alone to achieve radical cure of prostate cancer in a high‑risk group. Between August 1998 and December 2008, 436 Japanese patients underwent antegrade RP following the exclusion of 139 patients. According to the D'Amico criteria, the low-, intermediate- and high‑risk groups comprised 63, 122 and 112 patients, respectively. Twenty-five patients who were classified into the high‑risk group based only on T2c stage, were evaluated as a separate intermediate/high‑risk group. Results of the multivariate analysis revealed that of the preoperative characteristics only a biopsy Gleason score was a significant predictor in patients with and without PSA failure (P=0.017). After a median follow‑up period of 60 months, the PSA failure‑free rates in the low-, intermediate-, high‑ and intermediate/high‑risk groups were 96.5, 92.2, 76.8 and 95.0%, respectively. No statistically significant difference was detected in the high‑ and intermediate/high‑risk groups (P=0.064). Thus, patients classified into the high‑risk group based on cT2 stage only, are considered to be potentially eligible for radical treatment by surgery alone, and should not be evaluated as high‑risk patients.
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Furubayashi N, Nakamura M, Hishikawa K, Fukuda A, Matsumoto T, Nishiyama K, Yamanaka T and Hasegawa Y: Radical prostatectomy as radical cure of prostate cancer in a high‑risk group: A single-institution experience. Mol Clin Oncol 1: 337-342, 2013.
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Furubayashi, N., Nakamura, M., Hishikawa, K., Fukuda, A., Matsumoto, T., Nishiyama, K. ... Hasegawa, Y. (2013). Radical prostatectomy as radical cure of prostate cancer in a high‑risk group: A single-institution experience. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 1, 337-342. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2012.39
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Furubayashi, N., Nakamura, M., Hishikawa, K., Fukuda, A., Matsumoto, T., Nishiyama, K., Yamanaka, T., Hasegawa, Y."Radical prostatectomy as radical cure of prostate cancer in a high‑risk group: A single-institution experience". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 1.2 (2013): 337-342.
Chicago
Furubayashi, N., Nakamura, M., Hishikawa, K., Fukuda, A., Matsumoto, T., Nishiyama, K., Yamanaka, T., Hasegawa, Y."Radical prostatectomy as radical cure of prostate cancer in a high‑risk group: A single-institution experience". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 1, no. 2 (2013): 337-342. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2012.39