Research Article

Long-Term Oncological Outcomes for Young Men Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy for Localized Prostate Cancer

Table 1

Clinical and pathologic features of men undergoing prostatectomy.

ParameterAge ≤ 55 (n = 277)Age > 55 (n = 1.923)

Follow-up (mo), median (quartiles)48.5 (24.0–77.3)50.0 (24.0–79.3)0.8
PSA (ng/mL), median (quartiles)5.8 (4.5–9.0)6.36 (4.8–9.5)0.038
Clinical stage, (%)
 cT1104 (37.5)565 (29.4)
 cT2154 (55.6)1098 (57.1)0.001
 cT319 (6.9)260 (13.5)
Pathological stage, (%)
 pT2195 (70.4)1260 (65.5)
 pT3a70 (25.3)519 (27.0)0.1
 pT3b12 (4.3)144 (7.5)
Biopsy GS, (%)
 3 + 3183 (66.1)1,125 (58.5)
 3 + 477 (27.8)597 (31.0)
 4 + 310 (3.6)75 (3.9)0.046
 85 (1.8)87 (4.5)
 9-102 (0.7)39 (2.0)
Pathological GS, (%)
 3 + 378 (28.2)539 (28.0)
 3 + 4153 (55.2)1,011 (52.6)
 4 + 328 (10.1)183 (9.5)0.37
 811 (4.0)89 (4.6)
 9-107 (2.5)101 (5.3)
Pathological nodal status, (%)
 N065 (23.5)619 (32.2)
 N17 (2.5)62 (3.2)0.85
Surgical margins status, (%)
 R0214 (80.5)1482 (80.1)
 R152 (19.5)368 (19.9)0.92
PSA relapse, (%)79 (28.5)544 (28.3)0.9
Disease progression, (%)1 (0.4)49 (2.5)0.026

PSA: prostate specific antigen, GS: Gleason score.