Clinical Study

High-Grade Prostate Cancer: Favorable Results in the Modern Era Regardless of Initial Treatment

Table 2

Comparison of outcome measures by pretreatment features and primary treatment.

Outcome measures
5-year OS 𝑃 value15-year BFFS 𝑃 value15-year CSS 𝑃 value1

Gleason score
 877.2%0.7175.6%<0.00196.1%0.001
 974%58.2%95.9%
 1070.6%41.2%76.5%
Pretreatment PSA (ng/mL)
 <1080.7%0.00272.1%0.00198%<0.001
 10–2083.3%61.1%100%
 >2063.6%51.1%84.1%
Extent of disease at diagnosis
 Unilateral79.7%0.5367.8%0.5497.2%0.28
 Bilateral77%64.9%95%
Percentage of positive cores
 <50%79.8%0.3071.3%0.0295.7%0.69
 ≥50%75.5%60.6%94.9%
Months from diagnosis to treatment
 <376.5%0.0862.6%0.2994.2%0.43
 3–1281.6%70.2%97.2%
 >1260%70%95%

1OS: Overall Survival; BFFS: Biochemical Failure-Free Survival; MFS: Metastasis-Free Survival; CSS: Cancer-Specific Survival.
2Pearson’s Chi-Square test.