Clinical Study

Are Preoperative Kattan and Stephenson Nomograms Predicting Biochemical Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy Applicable in the Chinese Population?

Table 1

Background demographics of patients with prostate cancer undergoing prostatectomy.

VariablesKattan 1998Stephenson 2006Our study
PSA

 <4217 (22.1%)Median PSA = 6.1
(Range: 4.4–9.0)
28 (8.6%)
 4.1–10472 (48%)136 (41.7%)
 10.1–20187 (19%)102 (31.3%)
 >20107 (10.9%)60 (18.4%)
Clinical stage
 T1a/b83 (8.4%)0 (0%)33 (10.1%)
 T1c148 (15.1%)803 (40.6%)224 (68.7%)
 T2a266 (27.1%)509 (25.7%)32 (9.8%)
 T2b246 (25.0%)335 (17.0%)21 (6.5%)
 T2c182 (18.5%)244 (12.3%)10 (3.1%)
 T358 (5.9%)88 (4.4%)6 (1.8%)
Gleason score (GS)
 GS 1-2/1-2108 (11%)0 (0.0%)
 GS 1-2/3158 (16.1%)1 (0.3%)
 GS 3/3 and 3/1-2405 (41.2%)153 (46.9%)
 GS 3/4-5213 (21.7%)103 (31.6%)
 GS 4-5/1-599 (10.1%)69 (21.2%)
 GS 2–61348 (68%)154 (47.2%)
 GS 3+4397 (20%)98 (30.1%)
 GS 4+3130 (7%)41 (12.6%)
 GS 8–10104 (5%)33 (10.1%)