Gross Hematuria in Patients with Prostate Cancer: Etiology and Management

Table 1

Characteristics, grade, and etiology of gross hematuria in patients with prostate cancer according to cancer primary treatment.

Primary treatment	Radical prostatectomy	Other treatments	𝑃 value
Number of patients	13	68
Mean age (SD)	65.5 (8.46)	74.3 (7.1)	0.003
Median PSA (ng/mL)	7.4	18.5	0.02
Median Gleason score	7	7
Hematuria
Grade II	5 (38.5%)	37 (54.4%)
Grades III∖IV	8 (61.5%)	31 (45.6%)	0.369
Etiology of hematuria
Prostatic bleeding	—	44 (64.7%)
Prostate cancer	—	41 (60.3%)
Benign disease	—	3 (5.4%)
Bladder cancer	5 (38.5%)	4 (5.9%)
Infection	3 (23.1%)	9 (13.2%)
Urolithiasis	1 (7.7%)	1 (1.5%)
Suture	2 (15.4%)	—
Radiation cystitis	—	9 (13.2%)
No diagnosis	1 (7.7%)	—
DIC	1 (7.7%)	1 (1.5%)