Preoperative Predictors of Lymph Node Invasion and Biochemical Recurrence in High-risk Prostate Cancer

2022 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
YOHEI SHIDA ◽  
TOMOAKI HAKARIYA ◽  
KENSUKE MITSUNARI ◽  
TOMOHIRO MATSUO ◽  
KOJIRO OHBA ◽  
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Aim: To evaluate the preoperative predictors of pathological lymph node (LN) metastasis and prognostic factors for postoperative biochemical recurrence (BCR) in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with extended pelvic LN dissection in patients with D'Amico high-risk prostate cancer (PCa). Patients and Methods: Overall, 107 patients with D'Amico high-risk PCa underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with extended pelvic LN dissection without neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy. BCR was defined as a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level ≥0.2 ng/ml. Moreover, BCR-free survival rates were determined using Kaplan-Meier analysis. Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate preoperative predictors of pathological LN metastasis. Cox regression analysis was used to evaluate the effects of preoperative and pathologic variables on BCR. Results: The median follow-up was 21 months, and the 5-year BCR-free survival rate was 59.8%. The positive LN rate was 21.5%. In multivariate analysis, the percentage of positive cores was a significant preoperative predictor of positive LNs. Patients with >50% positive cores (p=0.004) and PSA density (PSAD) >0.5 ng/ml/cc (p=0.005) had a high risk of having ≥3 positive LNs. In multivariate analysis, PSAD >0.5% was a significant preoperative predictor of BCR. Among the postoperative predictors, the number of positive LNs was significantly associated with BCR. Patients with ≥3 positive LNs (n=7) had significantly lower BCR-free survival rates than patients with one or two positive LNs (n=16) (p<0.001). Patients with >50% positive cores and PSAD >0.5 ng/ml/cc had a risk for a high number of positive LNs (≥3) that was strongly associated with shorter BCR-free survival (p<0.001). Conclusion: The percentage of positive cores may be useful as a preoperative predictor of pathological LN metastasis in patients with high-risk PCa. Patients with >50% positive cores and PSAD >0.5 ng/ml/cc were found to have a high risk for ≥3 positive LNs and shorter BCR-free survival.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Seong Lee ◽  
Tae Young Shin

Abstract Background Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is an acceptable procedure for localized prostate cancer. However, RARP has not been offered to patients with high-risk prostate cancer. We report long-term functional and oncologic outcomes of patients who underwent RARP for clinically high-risk prostate cancer and to assess the role of RARP in patients with high-risk prostate cancer. Methods This study included 90 patients with high-risk prostate cancer according to the D'Amico criteria who underwent RARP between January 2014 and December 2019. High risk was based on the presence of a clinical stage of ≥ T2c, a pretreatment prostate-specific antigen level > 20 ng/mL, or a biopsy Gleason score ≥ 8. Functional outcomes including postoperative continence and potency were assessed at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after RARP. Oncologic outcomes comprised positive surgical margins (PSMs), biochemical recurrence (BCR), BCR-free survival, and clinical recurrence (CR)-free survival rates at 1 and 3 years. Results The median operative time was 185 (interquartile range [IQR], 140–250) minutes. Based on postoperative pathology, the rates of PSMs in the entire cohort and in those with stage pT2 disease were 27.8% and 8.9%, respectively. The continence and potency rates at 12 months were 87.8% and 56.7%, respectively. The BCR rate was 23.3%, and the median time to BCR was 10.5 (IQR, 3.5–26.9) months. The 1- and 3-year BCR-free survival rates were 91.5% and 85.5%, respectively, and the 1- and 3-year CR-free survival rates were 97.5% and 90.8%, respectively. Conclusions Most patients with clinically high-risk prostate cancer treated with RARP remained BCR-free and CR-free during the long-term follow-up. The optimal functional and oncologic outcomes indicating RARP as a safe and feasible approach in the present study should be confirmed in future studies.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 75-75
Author(s):  
Victor Srougi ◽  
Rafael Sanchez-Salas ◽  
Fernando P. Secin ◽  
Igor Nunes-Silva ◽  
Mohammed Baghdadi ◽  
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75 Background: High-risk prostate cancer (PCa) is associated with greater risk of biochemical recurrence and cancer specific lethality. A multi-modal treatment is required for this group of patients, comprising surgery as part of it. However, the role of surgery as monotherapy is still under investigation. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of surgical margins on biochemical recurrence (BCR) among patients with high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) treated with robot assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) since the start of our robotic program. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed our prospectively collected database of 5695 minimally invasive prostatectomies performed between 2000 and 2015. Clinical, pathological and oncological outcomes were evaluated in patients fulfilling Damico´s high risk characteristics. Primary endpoint was BCR, defined as post-operative PSA ≥ 0,2. Patients with neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy were excluded. BCR was estimated with Kaplan-Meier curves. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate variables associated with BCR. Results: We identified 199 high-risk PCa patients treated with RARP during the study period. Gleason score ≥ 8, PSA ≥ 20 and clinical stage ≥ T2c were present in 44%, 35% and 11% of the patients, respectively. The rate of positive surgical margins was 25%. With a median follow-up of 23 months (interquartile 12 – 34 months), 31% of the patients had BCR. Five-year BCR-free survival was 34,5%. Gleason score ≥ 8, PSA ≥ 20 and positive surgical margins were not predictors of BCR. A positive correlation of pathological stage ≥ T3 and BCR was found with (HR = 2.9; 95% CI = 1.2-6.9). Conclusions: The 5-years BCR-free survival was poor despite a low rate of positive surgical margins, when compared to historical series. We found that pathological stage ≥ T3 has a significant correlation with the BCR and that negative surgical margins do not assure good prognosis for high-risk patients.


BMC Urology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Beauval ◽  
Mathieu Roumiguié ◽  
Thomas Filleron ◽  
Thibaut Benoit ◽  
Alexandre de la Taille ◽  
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