Research Article

Intratumoral Heterogeneity Determines the Expression of mTOR-pathway Proteins in Prostate Cancer

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the patients.

Number of patients

Age, median (IQR)65.0 (60.0-69.0)
PSA, median (IQR)9.0 (5.3-12.9)
Clinical lymph node metastasis, (%)5 (4.3)
Bilateral disease, (%)92 (80.0)
Pathological T stage, (%)
 T278 (67.8)
 T3a17 (14.8)
 T3b20 (17.4)
Pathological Gleason score, (%)
 662 (53.9)
 745 (39.1)
 8-108 (7.0)
Perineural invasion, (%)33 (28.7)
Positive margins, (%)25 (21.7)

IQR = interquartile range; PSA = prostate-specific antigen.