ERG Protein Expression Is of Limited Prognostic Value in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer

Table 1

Demographics of the study patients’ cohort.

	ERG negative (112 patients)	ERG positive (86 patients)	P value
Age (years) (mean; range)	64.31 (43–81)	64.00 (47–75)	0.735
Pre-PSA level (ng/mL)			0.652
≤10	50 (69%)	33 (73%)
>10	22 (31%)	12 (27%)
Gleason summary			0.521
<7	34 (31%)	30 (35%)
7	61 (55%)	47 (55%)
3 + 4	36 (32%)	27 (31%)
4 + 3	25 (23%)	20 (24%)
>7	16 (14%)	8 (10%)
pT stage			0.04
pT2	81 (76%)	50 (63%)
pT3	25 (24%)	30 (37%)
Surgical margin			0.886
Negative	60 (57%)	45 (56%)
Positive	46 (43%)	36 (44%)