Research Article

Radical Prostatectomy: An Option for High-Risk Prostate Cancer

Table 2

Postoperative patient characteristics.

Pathologic Gleason’s score
 ≤617 (30%)
 726 (46%)
 8–1013 (24%)
Pathologic stage
 pT29 (16%)
 pT320 (36%)
 pT427 (48%)
Pathologic nodal status
 N029 (54%)
 N+25 (46%)
Surgical margin status
 Negative30 (54%)
 Positive26 (46%)
Hormonal therapy
 Adjuvant21 (38%)
 Neoadjuvant17 (30%)
 None18 (33%)
Adjuvant RT
 Yes28 (50%)
 No28 (50%)
Quality-of-life assessment (SF-12): general state of health
 Excellent6%
 Very good25%
 Good50%
 Fair6%
 Poor13%
Continence assessment (pad usage)
 0-158%
 129%
 2 or more13%