Association of Age With Risk of Adverse Pathological Findings at Radical Prostatectomy in Men With Gleason Score 6 Prostate Cancer

Daniel W Kim; Ming-Hui Chen; Hartwig Huland; Markus Graefen; Derya Tilki; Anthony V D'Amico

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.2041

Association of Age With Risk of Adverse Pathological Findings at Radical Prostatectomy in Men With Gleason Score 6 Prostate Cancer

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Apr 1;3(4):e202041. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.2041.

Authors

Daniel W Kim¹, Ming-Hui Chen², Hartwig Huland³, Markus Graefen³, Derya Tilki^{3

4}, Anthony V D'Amico¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs.
³ Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ Department of Urology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

Abstract

This cohort study examines the association of older age with risk of adverse pathological findings at radical prostatectomy in men with biopsy-confirmed Gleason score 6 prostate cancer.

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Biopsy / statistics & numerical data
Case-Control Studies
Germany / epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Grading / methods*
Neoplasm Staging / methods
Prospective Studies
Prostate / pathology*
Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood
Prostatectomy / adverse effects*
Prostatectomy / methods
Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery*
Risk Factors

Substances

Prostate-Specific Antigen