Research Article

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

Table 3

Multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis of factors predicting time to disease progression after radical prostatectomy.

ParameterHazard ratioCI 95%

Clinical stage1.10.6–1.50.1
Pathological stage1.20.7–2.00.6
PSA (ng/ml)1.00.7–1.50.9
Biopsy GS1.10.8–1.40.6
Pathological GS2.41.7–3.1<0.0001
Lymph nodes status
 N1 versus N00.390.15–0.650.002
Surgical margins
 R1 versus R04.11.8–9.40.001
Age, years
 ≤55 versus >550.150.02–1.10.06

PSA: prostate specific antigen, GS: Gleason score.