scholarly journals Effects of 1-Year Hospital Volume on Surgical Margin and Biochemical-Failure-Free Survival in Patients Undergoing Robotic versus Nonrobotic Radical Prostatectomy: A Nationwide Cohort Study from the National Taiwan Cancer Database

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 488
Author(s):  
Shyh-Chyi Chang ◽  
Chia-Hao Hsu ◽  
Yi-Chu Lin ◽  
Szu-Yuan Wu

Purpose: To examine the effect of hospital volume on positive surgical margin (PSM) and biochemical-failure-free survival (BFS) rates in patients with prostate cancer (PC) undergoing robotic-assisted or nonrobotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RP). Patients and Methods: The patients were men collected in the National Taiwan Cancer Registry diagnosed as having PC without distant metastasis who received RP from 44 multi-institutes in Taiwan. The logistic regression method was used to analyze the risk from RP to PSM in included patients with hospital volume (i.e., number of patients with PC receiving robotic RP per year), and the Cox proportional hazards method was used to analyze the time from the index date to biochemical recurrence. Results: After propensity score adjustment, compared with hospitals with >100 patients/year, the adjusted odds ratios (aORs; 95% confidence intervals) of PSM in the robotic RP group in hospitals with 1–25, 26–50, and 51–100 patients/year were 2.25 (2.10–3.11), 1.42 (1.25–2.23), and 1.33 (1.13–2.04), respectively (type III p < 0.0001). Sensitivity analysis indicated that the aORs of PSM were 1.29 (1.07–1.81), 1.07 (0.70–1.19), and 0.61 (0.56–0.83), respectively, for patients receiving robotic RP compared with nonrobotic RP within hospitals with 1–25, 26–50, and 51–100 patients/year, respectively. Compared with hospitals with >100 patients/year, the adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) of biochemical failure in the robotic RP group were 1.40 (1.04–1.67), 1.34 (1.06–1.96), and 1.31 (1.05–2.15) in hospitals with 1–25, 26–50, and 51–100 patients/year, respectively. Conclusions: Hospital volume significantly affected PSM and BFS in robotic RP, but not in nonrobotic RP. When patients with PC want to receive robotic RP, it should be performed in a relatively high-volume hospital (>100 patients/year).

Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Shyh-Chyi Chang ◽  
Ho-Min Chen ◽  
Szu-Yuan Wu

Purpose: To estimate the rates of positive surgical margin (PSM) and biochemical failure–free survival (BFS) among patients with prostate cancer (PC) receiving open, laparoscopic, or robotic radical prostatectomy (RP). Patients and Methods: The patients were men enrolled in the Taiwan Cancer Registry diagnosed as having PC without distant metastasis who received RP. After adjustment for confounders, logistic regression was used to model the risk of PSM following RP. After adjustment for confounders, Cox proportional regression was used to model the time from the index (i.e., surgical) date to biochemical recurrence. Results: The adjusted odds ratios (95% CIs) of PSM risk after propensity score adjustment for laparoscopic versus open, robotic versus open, and robotic versus laparoscopic RP 95% CIs were 1.25 (0.88 to 1.77; p = 0.2064), 1.16 (0.88 to 1.53; p = 0.2847), and 0.93 (0.70 to 1.24; p = 0.6185), respectively. The corresponding adjusted hazard ratios (95% CIs) of risk of biochemical failure after propensity score adjustment were 1.16 (0.93 to 1.47; p = 0.1940), 1.10 (0.83 to 1.47; p = 0.5085), and 0.95 (0.74 to 1.21; p = 0.6582). Conclusions: No significant differences in PSM or BFS were observed among patients receiving open, laparoscopic, or robotic RP.


2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 182-182
Author(s):  
Rein J. Palisaar ◽  
Joachim Noldus ◽  
Alexander Haese ◽  
Markus Graefen ◽  
Hartwig Huland

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (12) ◽  
pp. 1794-1800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Savdie ◽  
Lisa G. Horvath ◽  
Ruth Pe Benito ◽  
Krishan K. Rasiah ◽  
Anne-Maree Haynes ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (15) ◽  
pp. 3213-3218 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Thomas ◽  
Manjula Gupta ◽  
Ying Grasso ◽  
Chandana A. Reddy ◽  
Warren D. Heston ◽  
...  

PURPOSE: We report a prospective study examining the ability of preoperative nested reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSM) to predict pathologic stage and biochemical recurrence in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy.PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred forty-one patients were entered onto the study. Preoperative evaluation included clinical T stage, serum PSA, biopsy Gleason score, and serum RT-PCR for PSA/PSM. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models, Kaplan-Meier estimates, and Cox proportional hazards modeling were used to identify predictors of pathologic stage and biochemical failure.RESULTS: Seventy-three patients (51.8%) were RT-PCR positive for PSA, PSM, or both. In the multivariate logistic regression model, only initial PSA was an independent predictor of pathologic stage as defined by organ-confined disease (odds ratio [OR], 1.06; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00 to 1.13; P = .026) or organ-/specimen-confined disease (OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.16; P = .009). Overall Kaplan-Meier biochemical relapse-free survival (bRFS) was 85% at 59 months. Multivariate analysis of predictors for bRFS with the Cox proportional hazards model indicated that only initial PSA (OR, 1.05; 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.09; P = .004) and biopsy Gleason score (OR, 3.57; 95% CI, 1.37 to 9.58; P = .009) were independent predictors of biochemical failure. RT-PCR status did not predict pathologic stage or biochemical failure. Repeat analysis excluding 27 patients who received preoperative androgen-deprivation therapy did not change the results.CONCLUSION: Combined nested RT-PCR for PSA and PSM is not an independent predictor of pathologic stage or biochemical failure in patients with localized prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy. This assay has no clinical utility in this patient population.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 93-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthieu Caubet ◽  
David Pasquier ◽  
Aurelie Bertaut ◽  
Simon Grobois ◽  
Berardino De Bari ◽  
...  

93 Background: In international guidelines, target volumes for postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) after radical prostatectomy concern the bed of the prostate and seminal vesicles. The benefit of whole pelvic nodal radiotherapy (WPRT) in the case of PORT remains uncertain. Methods: We reviewed the charts of all patients diagnosed with high-risk prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy who were selected for PORT and treated with adjuvant radiotherapy (n = 242, 43.1%) or early salvage RT (n = 320, 56.9%) between 2002 and 2011. 111 patients (19.8%) who underwent WPRT were compared with 441 patients (80.2%) who had prostate bed radiotherapy only (PBRT). We examined associations between patient, tumor, and treatment characteristics and biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS), disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) with uni- and multivariate analyses using Cox models. Acute and late toxicities were also compared between the two groups. Results: We found a significantly lower rate of acute G2+ gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity with PBRT than with WPRT with neither difference in acute G3+ nor on late GI toxicity. Regarding genitoruinary (GU) toxicity, we found no difference in acute G2+ or G3+ toxicity but rates of late G3+ GU toxicity were significantly lower in PBRT (1.55%) than in WPRT patients (p = 0.035). With a median follow-up of 65.2 months [95% CI: 62.8 - 67.9], a deleterious effect of WPRT was observed on OS (HR = 3.27 [95% CI: 1.44 - 7.45], p = 0.009). We found no impact of WPRT on bPFS (HR = 0.79 [95% CI: 0.49 - 1.25], p = 0.31) or DFS (HR = 0.97 [95% CI: 0.63 - 1.49], p = 0.88). Only a positive surgical margin was an independent prognostic factor for better bPFS. Age≥63 years and WPRT (HR = 2.86 [95% CI: 1.20-6.80], p = 0.018) were independent prognostic factors for worse OS. Conclusions: After radical prostatectomy, we found no difference on bPFS or DFS but lower rates of OS with WPRT compared to PBRT. PBRT must remain the standard of care. The results of RTOG NRG Oncology 0534 should shed light on this unresolved issue.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Guy ◽  
Rachel Glicksman ◽  
Roger Buckley ◽  
Patrick Cheung ◽  
Hans Chung ◽  
...  

Introduction: Identifying the optimal management of unfavorable-risk (ProCaRS high intermediate-, high-, and very high-risk categories) non-metastatic prostate cancer is an important public health concern given the large burden of this disease. We compared the rate of metastatic progression-free survival among men diagnosed with unfavorable-risk non-metastatic prostate cancer who were initially treated with radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy. Methods: Information was obtained from medical records at two academic centers in Canada from 333 men diagnosed with unfavorable-risk non-metastatic prostate cancer between 2007 and 2012. Median followup was 90.4 months. Men were eligible for study if they received either primary radiation therapy (n=164) or radical prostatectomy (n=169), in addition to various adjuvant and salvage therapies when deemed clinically appropriate. Patients were matched on prognostic covariates using two matching techniques. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the hazard ratios (HR) and confidence intervals (CI) for metastatic progression-free survival between groups. Results: After matching, treatment groups were balanced on prognostic variables except for percent core positivity. Hazard ratios from all Cox proportional hazards models (i.e., before and after matching, and with and without multivariable adjustment) showed no difference in the rate of metastatic progression-free survival between groups (adjusted unmatched HR 1.16, 95% CI 0.63, 2.13, p=0.64). Conclusions: Metastatic progression-free survival did not differ between men diagnosed with unfavorable risk non-metastatic prostate cancer who were treated with either radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Lewinshtein ◽  
Brandon Teng ◽  
Ashley Valencia ◽  
Robert Gibbons ◽  
Christopher R. Porter

Background. We explored the long-term clinical outcomes including metastases-free survival and prostate cancer-specific survival (PCSS) in patients with pathologic Gleason 8–10 disease after radical prostatectomy (RP).Methods. We report on 91 patients with PCSS data with a median followup of 8.2 years after RP performed between 1988 and 1997. Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier analysis were used to evaluate year of surgery, pathologic stage, and surgical margin status as predictors of PCSM.Results. Median age was 65 years (IQR: 61–9), and median PSA was 9.7 ng/ml (IQR: 6.1–13.4). Of all patients, 62 (68.9%) had stage T3 disease or higher, and 48 (52.7%) had a positive surgical margin. On multivariate analysis, none of the predictors were statistically significant. Of all patients, the predicted 10-year BCR-free survival, mets-free survival, and PCSS were 59% (CI: 53%–65%), 88% (CI: 84%–92%), and 94% (CI: 91%–97%), respectively.Conclusions. We have demonstrated that cancer control is durable even 10 years after RP in those with pathologic Gleason 8–10 disease. Although 40% will succumb to BCR, only 6% of patients died of their disease. These results support the use of RP for patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer.


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