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Nguyen JK, Harik LR, Klein EA, Li J, Corrigan D, Liu S, Chan E, Hawley S, Auman H, Newcomb LF, Carroll PR, Cooperberg MR, Filson CP, Simko JP, Nelson PS, Tretiakova MS, Troyer D, True LD, Vakar-Lopez F, Weight CJ, Lin DW, Brooks JD, McKenney JK. Proposal for an optimised definition of adverse pathology (unfavourable histology) that predicts metastatic risk in prostatic adenocarcinoma independent of grade group and pathological stage. Histopathology 2024. [PMID: 38828674 DOI: 10.1111/his.15231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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AIMS Histological grading of prostate cancer is a powerful prognostic tool, but current criteria for grade assignment are not fully optimised. Our goal was to develop and test a simplified histological grading model, based heavily on large cribriform/intraductal carcinoma, with optimised sensitivity for predicting metastatic potential. METHODS AND RESULTS Two separate non-overlapping cohorts were identified: a 419-patient post-radical prostatectomy cohort with long term clinical follow-up and a 209-patient post-radical prostatectomy cohort in which all patients had pathologically confirmed metastatic disease. All prostatectomies were re-reviewed for high-risk histological patterns of carcinoma termed 'unfavourable histology'. Unfavourable histology is defined by any classic Gleason pattern 5 component, any large cribriform morphology (> 0.25 mm) or intraductal carcinoma, complex intraluminal papillary architecture, grade 3 stromogenic carcinoma and complex anastomosing cord-like growth. For the outcome cohort, Kaplan-Meier analysis compared biochemical recurrence, metastasis and death between subjects with favourable and unfavourable histology, stratified by pathological stage and grade group. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models evaluated adding unfavourable histology to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) post-prostatectomy nomogram and stratification by percentage of unfavourable histology. At 15 years unfavourable histology predicted biochemical recurrence, with sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 88%, metastatic disease at 100 and 48% and death at 100 and 46%. Grade group 2 prostate cancers with unfavourable histology were associated with metastasis independent of pathological stage, while those without had no risk. Histological models for prediction of metastasis based on only large cribriform/intraductal carcinoma or increasing diameter of cribriform size improved specificity, but with lower sensitivity. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models demonstrated that unfavourable histology significantly improved discriminatory power of the MSKCC post-prostatectomy nomogram for biochemical failure (likelihood ratio test P < 0.001). In the retrospective review of a separate RP cohort in which all patients had confirmed metastatic disease, none had unequivocal favourable histology. CONCLUSIONS Unfavourable histology at radical prostatectomy is associated with metastatic risk, predicted adverse outcomes better than current grading and staging systems and improved the MSKCC post-prostatectomy nomogram. Most importantly, unfavourable histology stratified grade group 2 prostate cancers into those with and without metastatic potential, independent of stage. While unfavourable histology is driven predominantly by large cribriform/intraductal carcinoma, the recognition and inclusion of other specific architectural patterns add to the sensitivity for predicting metastatic disease. Moreover, a simplified dichotomous model improves communication and could increase implementation.
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- Jane K Nguyen
- Robert J. Tomsich Institute of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Florida Health, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Canary Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Robert J. Tomsich Institute of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Nilsson E, Sandgren K, Grefve J, Jonsson J, Axelsson J, Lindberg AK, Söderkvist K, Karlsson CT, Widmark A, Blomqvist L, Strandberg S, Riklund K, Bergh A, Nyholm T. The grade of individual prostate cancer lesions predicted by magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography. COMMUNICATIONS MEDICINE 2023; 3:164. [PMID: 37945817 PMCID: PMC10636013 DOI: 10.1038/s43856-023-00394-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) are widely used for the management of prostate cancer (PCa). However, how these modalities complement each other in PCa risk stratification is still largely unknown. We aim to provide insights into the potential of mpMRI and PET for PCa risk stratification. METHODS We analyzed data from 55 consecutive patients with elevated prostate-specific antigen and biopsy-proven PCa enrolled in a prospective study between December 2016 and December 2019. [68Ga]PSMA-11 PET (PSMA-PET), [11C]Acetate PET (Acetate-PET) and mpMRI were co-registered with whole-mount histopathology. Lower- and higher-grade lesions were defined by International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) grade groups (IGG). We used PET and mpMRI data to differentiate between grades in two cases: IGG 3 vs. IGG 2 (case 1) and IGG ≥ 3 vs. IGG ≤ 2 (case 2). The performance was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. RESULTS We find that the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) for PSMA-PET achieves the highest area under the ROC curve (AUC), with AUCs of 0.72 (case 1) and 0.79 (case 2). Combining the volume transfer constant, apparent diffusion coefficient and T2-weighted images (each normalized to non-malignant prostatic tissue) results in AUCs of 0.70 (case 1) and 0.70 (case 2). Adding PSMA-SUVmax increases the AUCs by 0.09 (p < 0.01) and 0.12 (p < 0.01), respectively. CONCLUSIONS By co-registering whole-mount histopathology and in-vivo imaging we show that mpMRI and PET can distinguish between lower- and higher-grade prostate cancer, using partially discriminative cut-off values.
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- Erik Nilsson
- Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Tohi Y, Ishikawa R, Kato T, Miyakawa J, Matsumoto R, Mori K, Mitsuzuka K, Inokuchi J, Matsumura M, Shiga K, Naito H, Kohjimoto Y, Kawamura N, Inoue M, Akamatsu S, Terada N, Miyazawa Y, Narita S, Haba R, Sugimoto M. Increasing age predicts adverse pathology including intraductal carcinoma of the prostate and cribriform patterns in deferred radical prostatectomy after upfront active surveillance for Gleason grade group 1 prostate cancer: analysis of prospective observational study cohort. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2023; 53:984-990. [PMID: 37496400 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyad088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In men undergoing upfront active surveillance, predictors of adverse pathology in radical prostatectomy specimens, including intraductal carcinoma of the prostate and cribriform patterns, remain unknown. Therefore, we aimed to examine whether adverse pathology in radical prostatectomy specimens could be predicted using preoperative patient characteristics. METHODS We re-reviewed available radical prostatectomy specimens from 1035 men prospectively enrolled in the PRIAS-JAPAN cohort between January 2010 and September 2020. We defined adverse pathology on radical prostatectomy specimens as Gleason grade group ≥3, pT stage ≥3, pN positivity or the presence of intraductal carcinoma of the prostate or cribriform patterns. We also examined the predictive factors associated with adverse pathology. RESULTS All men analyzed had Gleason grade group 1 specimens at active surveillance enrolment. The incidence of adverse pathologies was 48.9% (with intraductal carcinoma of the prostate or cribriform patterns, 33.6%; without them, 15.3%). The addition of intraductal carcinoma of the prostate or cribriform patterns to the definition of adverse pathology increased the incidence by 10.9%. Patients showing adverse pathology with intraductal carcinoma of the prostate or cribriform patterns had lower biochemical recurrence-free survival (log-rank P = 0.0166). Increasing age at active surveillance enrolment and before radical prostatectomy was the only predictive factor for adverse pathology (odds ratio: 1.1, 95% confidence interval: 1.02-1.19, P = 0.0178; odds ratio: 1.12, 95% confidence interval: 1.02-1.22, P = 0.0126). CONCLUSIONS Increasing age could be a predictive factor for adverse pathology. Our findings suggest that older men could potentially derive advantages from adhering to the examination schedule in active surveillance.
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- Yoichiro Tohi
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Renal and Genito-Urinary Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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Tohi Y, Kato T, Sugimoto M. Aggressive Prostate Cancer in Patients Treated with Active Surveillance. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:4270. [PMID: 37686546 PMCID: PMC10486407 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15174270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Active surveillance has emerged as a promising approach for managing low-risk and favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer (PC), with the aim of minimizing overtreatment and maintaining the quality of life. However, concerns remain about identifying "aggressive prostate cancer" within the active surveillance cohort, which refers to cancers with a higher potential for progression. Previous studies are predictors of aggressive PC during active surveillance. To address this, a personalized risk-based follow-up approach that integrates clinical data, biomarkers, and genetic factors using risk calculators was proposed. This approach enables an efficient risk assessment and the early detection of disease progression, minimizes unnecessary interventions, and improves patient management and outcomes. As active surveillance indications expand, the importance of identifying aggressive PC through a personalized risk-based follow-up is expected to increase.
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- Yoichiro Tohi
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
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Marra G, van Leenders GJLH, Zattoni F, Kesch C, Rajwa P, Cornford P, van der Kwast T, van den Bergh RCN, Briers E, Van den Broeck T, De Meerleer G, De Santis M, Eberli D, Farolfi A, Gillessen S, Grivas N, Grummet JP, Henry AM, Lardas M, Lieuw M, Linares Espinós E, Mason MD, O'Hanlon S, van Oort IM, Oprea-Lager DE, Ploussard G, Rouvière O, Schoots IG, Stranne J, Tilki D, Wiegel T, Willemse PPM, Mottet N, Gandaglia G. Impact of Epithelial Histological Types, Subtypes, and Growth Patterns on Oncological Outcomes for Patients with Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer Treated with Curative Intent: A Systematic Review. Eur Urol 2023:S0302-2838(23)02654-4. [PMID: 37117107 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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CONTEXT The optimal management for men with prostate cancer (PCa) with unconventional histology (UH) is unknown. The outcome for these cancers might be worse than for conventional PCa and so different approaches may be needed. OBJECTIVE To compare oncological outcomes for conventional and UH PCa in men with localized disease treated with curative intent. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A systematic review adhering to the Referred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses was prospectively registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022296013) was performed in July 2021. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS We screened 3651 manuscripts and identified 46 eligible studies (reporting on 1 871 814 men with conventional PCa and 6929 men with 10 different PCa UHs). Extraprostatic extension and lymph node metastases, but not positive margin rates, were more common with UH PCa than with conventional tumors. PCa cases with cribriform pattern, intraductal carcinoma, or ductal adenocarcinoma had higher rates of biochemical recurrence and metastases after radical prostatectomy than for conventional PCa cases. Lower cancer-specific survival rates were observed for mixed cribriform/intraductal and cribriform PCa. By contrast, pathological findings and oncological outcomes for mucinous and prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN)-like PCa were similar to those for conventional PCa. Limitations of this review include low-quality studies, a risk of reporting bias, and a scarcity of studies that included radiotherapy. CONCLUSIONS Intraductal, cribriform, and ductal UHs may have worse oncological outcomes than for conventional and mucinous or PIN-like PCa. Alternative treatment approaches need to be evaluated in men with these cancers. PATIENT SUMMARY We reviewed the literature to explore whether prostate cancers with unconventional growth patterns behave differently to conventional prostate cancers. We found that some unconventional growth patterns have worse outcomes, so we need to investigate if they need different treatments. Urologists should be aware of these growth patterns and their clinical impact.
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- Giancarlo Marra
- Department of Urology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Urologic Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Urology, West German Cancer Center, University of Duisburg, Essen, Germany; German Cancer Consortium, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland; Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, West German Cancer Center, University of Duisburg, Essen, Germany; Department of Urology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Nuclear Medicine Division, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland; Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland; University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Urology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Caulfield North, Australia
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- Leeds Cancer Centre, St. James's University Hospital and University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Urology, Metropolitan General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Urology, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine Cardiff University, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, UK
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- Medicine for Older People, Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Urology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- La Croix du Sud Hospital, Quint Fonsegrives, France; Institut Universitaire du Cancer-Toulouse, Onocopole, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Urinary and Vascular Imaging, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France; Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Sweden; Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenborg, Sweden
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- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Department of Urology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Department of Urology, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Cancer Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
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- Division of Oncology/Unit of Urology, Urological Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Tohi Y, Ishikawa R, Kato T, Miyakawa J, Matsumoto R, Mori K, Mitsuzuka K, Inokuchi J, Matsumura M, Shiga K, Naito H, Kohjimoto Y, Kawamura N, Inoue M, Kinoshita H, Hashimoto K, Goto K, Haba R, Kakehi Y, Sugimoto M. Clinical outcomes of intraductal carcinoma or cribriform in radical prostatectomy specimens of men opting for active surveillance: data from the PRIAS-JAPAN study. Int J Clin Oncol 2023; 28:299-305. [PMID: 36472710 DOI: 10.1007/s10147-022-02277-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Among early stage prostate cancer patients, intraductal carcinoma of the prostate (IDC-P) and invasive cribriform are key prognostic factors; however, their presence and clinical significance following active surveillance (AS) are unknown. In men who opted for AS, we aimed to examine the presence and impact of IDC-P or cribriform, utilizing radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens. METHODS We re-reviewed 137 RP specimens available in the PRIAS-JAPAN prospective cohort between January 2010 and September 2020. We assessed the presence of IDC-P or cribriform, and compared the patients' characteristics and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) recurrence-free survival after RP between groups with and without IDC-P or cribriform. In addition, we examined the predictive factors associated with IDC-P or cribriform. RESULTS The percentage of patients with IDC-P or cribriform presence was 34.3% (47 patients). IDC-P or cribriform pattern was more abundant in the higher Gleason grade group in RP specimens (P < 0.001). The rates of PSA recurrence-free survival were significantly lower in the IDC-P or cribriform groups than in those without them (log rank P = 0.0211). There was no association between IDC-P or cribriform on RP with the Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) 4,5 score on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before RP even with adjustments for other covariates (OR, 1.43; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.511-3.980, P = 0.497). CONCLUSIONS IDC-P or cribriform comprised approximately one-third of all RP specimens in men who underwent RP following AS, confirming their prognostic significance.
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- Yoichiro Tohi
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1, Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan.
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1, Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Renal and Genito-Urinary Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, General Medical Center, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1, Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1, Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
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Cai Q, Shah RB. Cribriform Lesions of the Prostate Gland. Surg Pathol Clin 2022; 15:591-608. [PMID: 36344177 DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2022.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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"Cribriform lesions of the prostate represent an important and often diagnostically challenging spectrum of prostate pathology. These lesions range from normal anatomical variation, benign proliferative lesions, premalignant, suspicious to frankly malignant and biologically aggressive entities. The concept of cribriform prostate adenocarcinoma (CrP4) and intraductal carcinoma of the prostate (IDC-P), in particular, has evolved significantly in recent years with a growing body of evidence suggesting that the presence of these morphologies is important for clinical decision-making in prostate cancer management. Therefore, accurate recognition and reporting of CrP4 and IDC-P architecture are especially important. This review discusses a contemporary diagnostic approach to cribriform lesions of the prostate with a focus on their key morphologic features, differential diagnosis, underlying molecular alterations, clinical significance, and reporting recommendations."
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- Qi Cai
- Department of Pathology, 04.449, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Pathology, 04.449, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Miyoshi Y, Kawahara T, Uemura H. A high serum dehydroepiandrosterone concentration is a predictor of candidates for active surveillance in men with serum prostate-specific antigen < 10 ng/mL. BMC Cancer 2022; 22:1169. [DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-10251-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background
There is no consensus on the role of serum dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) concentrations in the detection of prostate cancer. This study examined the effectiveness of serum DHEA in predicting candidate patients for active surveillance (AS) prior to prostate biopsy.
Methods
A systematic prostate needle biopsy was performed in 203 men with serum PSA levels of < 10 ng/mL to detect prostate cancer. Serum DHEA concentrations were measured with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) just before biopsy. Patient’s age, serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, prostate volume, and serum DHEA concentrations were compared with pathological findings in multivariate analyses.
Results
The median patient’s age, PSA, serum DHEA concentration and prostate volume were 68 years, 5.5 ng/mL, 1654.7 pg/mL, and 31.2 mL, respectively. In a multivariate analysis, low PSA values, high serum DHEA concentrations, and large prostate volume were significant predictors of the patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or prostate cancer with a Gleason score of ≤ 3 + 4 who are candidate for AS. The DHEA cut-off point for predicting BPH or prostate cancer with a Gleason score of ≤ 3 + 4 was 2188 pg/mL, with a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 33.7%, 96.0%, 98.4%, and 16.9%, respectively.
Conclusion
The study indicated that higher serum DHEA concentrations prior to prostate biopsy might predict the patients with BPH or prostate cancer with a Gleason score ≤ 3 + 4 who are candidate for AS, in men with PSA of < 10 ng/mL.
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Sato S, Kimura T, Onuma H, Egawa S, Shimoda M, Takahashi H. The highest percentage of Gleason Pattern 4 is a predictor in intermediate-risk prostate cancer. BJUI COMPASS 2022; 4:234-240. [PMID: 36816145 PMCID: PMC9931537 DOI: 10.1002/bco2.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Objectives This study aims to clarify the clinicopathological significance of several novel pathological markers, including the percentage of Gleason pattern 4 and small/non-small cribriform pattern, in intermediate-risk Gleason score 3 + 4 = 7 prostate cancer. Subjects and Methods Two-hundred and twenty-eight patients with Gleason score 3 + 4 = 7 intermediate-risk prostate cancer who underwent radical prostatectomy between 2009 and 2019 at our institute were selected. Preoperative clinicopathological characteristics, including serum prostate-specific antigen level, clinical T stage, percentage of cancer-positive cores at biopsy, small/non-small cribriform pattern, the highest percentage of Gleason pattern 4, the total length of Gleason pattern 4 and percentage of Gleason score 7 cores were examined in univariate/multivariate logistic regression analysis to determine their predictive value for postoperative adverse pathological findings, defined as an upgrade to Gleason score 4 + 3 = 7 or higher, pN1 or pT3b disease. Results Fifty-four cases (23.7%) showed adverse pathological findings. Although a non-small cribriform pattern, highest Gleason pattern 4 percentage and total length of Gleason pattern 4 were predictive of adverse pathological findings in univariate analysis, only the highest Gleason pattern 4 percentage was an independent predictive factor in multivariate analysis (odds ratio: 1.610; 95% confidence interval: 1.260-2.070; P = 0.0002). Conclusion The highest Gleason pattern 4 percentage was a potent predictive parameter for Gleason score 3 + 4 = 7 intermediate-risk prostate cancer and should be considered in the risk classification scheme for prostate cancer.
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- Shun Sato
- Department of PathologyThe Jikei University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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- Department of UrologyThe Jikei University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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- Department of UrologyThe Jikei University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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- Department of UrologyThe Jikei University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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- Department of PathologyThe Jikei University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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- Department of PathologyThe Jikei University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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Cai Q, Costa DN, Metter CK, Goldberg K, Roehrborn CG, Cadeddu J, Pedrosa I, Meng X, Mostardeiro TR, Shah RB. Sensitivity of multiparametric MRI and targeted biopsy for detection of adverse pathologies (Cribriform gleason pattern 4 and intraductal carcinoma): Correlation of detected and missed prostate cancer foci with whole mount histopathology. Urol Oncol 2022; 40:452.e1-452.e8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2022.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Kench JG, Amin MB, Berney DM, Compérat EM, Cree IA, Gill AJ, Hartmann A, Menon S, Moch H, Netto GJ, Raspollini MR, Rubin MA, Tan PH, Tsuzuki T, Turjalic S, van der Kwast TH, Zhou M, Srigley JR. WHO Classification of Tumours fifth edition: evolving issues in the classification, diagnosis, and prognostication of prostate cancer. Histopathology 2022; 81:447-458. [PMID: 35758185 PMCID: PMC9542779 DOI: 10.1111/his.14711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The fifth edition of the WHO Classification of Tumours of the Urinary and Male Genital Systems encompasses several updates to the classification and diagnosis of prostatic carcinoma as well as incorporating advancements in the assessment of its prognosis, including recent grading modifications. Some of the salient aspects include: (1) recognition that prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN)-like carcinoma is not synonymous with a pattern of ductal carcinoma, but better classified as a subtype of acinar adenocarcinoma; (2) a specific section on treatment-related neuroendocrine prostatic carcinoma in view of the tight correlation between androgen deprivation therapy and the development of prostatic carcinoma with neuroendocrine morphology, and the emerging data on lineage plasticity; (3) a terminology change of basal cell carcinoma to "adenoid cystic (basal cell) cell carcinoma" given the presence of an underlying MYB::NFIB gene fusion in many cases; (4) discussion of the current issues in the grading of acinar adenocarcinoma and the prognostic significance of cribriform growth patterns; and (5) more detailed coverage of intraductal carcinoma of prostate (IDC-P) reflecting our increased knowledge of this entity, while recommending the descriptive term atypical intraductal proliferation (AIP) for lesions falling short of IDC-P but containing more atypia than typically seen in high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN). Lesions previously regarded as cribriform patterns of HGPIN are now included in the AIP category. This review discusses these developments, summarising the existing literature, as well as the emerging morphological and molecular data that underpins the classification and prognostication of prostatic carcinoma.
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- James G Kench
- Department of Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic OncologyRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW Health PathologyCamperdownNew South WalesAustralia
- The University of SydneyCamperdownNew South WalesAustralia
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- The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisTNUSA
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, Bartshealth NHS TrustRoyal London HospitalLondonUK
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
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- International Agency for Research on CancerLyonFrance
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- The University of SydneyCamperdownNew South WalesAustralia
- NSW Health Pathology, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Pacific HighwaySt LeonardsNew South WalesAustralia
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- Institute of PathologyUniversity Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich‐Alexander‐University Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
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- Department of PathologyTata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbaiIndia
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular PathologyUniversity Hospital ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Heersink School of MedicineThe University of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamALUSA
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- Histopathology and Molecular DiagnosticsUniversity Hospital CareggiFlorenceItaly
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- Department for BioMedical ResearchUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Division of Pathology, Singapore General HospitalSingaporeSingapore
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- Department of Surgical PathologyAichi Medical University HospitalNagakuteJapan
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- Skin and Renal UnitsRoyal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
- Cancer Dynamics LaboratoryThe Francis Crick InstituteLondonUK
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and PathobiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Pathology and Laboratory MedicineTufts Medical CenterBostonMAUSA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and PathobiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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Peng YC, Lin YC, Hung YL, Fu CC, Chang MDT, Lin YY, Chou TY. Rapid Histological Assessment of Prostate Specimens in the Three-dimensional Space by Hydrophilic Tissue Clearing and Confocal Microscopy. J Histochem Cytochem 2022; 70:597-608. [PMID: 35912522 PMCID: PMC9393508 DOI: 10.1369/00221554221116936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Microscopic examination of biopsied and resected prostatic specimens is the mainstay in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. However, conventional analysis of hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained tissue is time-consuming and offers limited two-dimensional (2D) information. In the current study, we devised a method-termed Prostate Rapid Optical examination for cancer STATus (proSTAT)-for rapid screening of prostate cancer using high-resolution 2D and three-dimensional (3D) confocal images obtained after hydrophilic tissue clearing of 100-µm-thick tissue slices. The results of the proSTAT method were compared with those of traditional H&E stains for the analysis of cores (n=15) obtained from radical prostatectomy specimens (n=5). Gland lumen formation, consistent with Gleason pattern 3, was evident following tracking of multiple optical imaging sections. In addition, 3D rendering allowed visualizing a tubular network of interconnecting branches. Rapid 3D fluorescent labeling of tumor protein p63 accurately distinguished prostate adenocarcinoma from normal tissue and benign lesions. Compared with conventional stains, the 3D spatial and molecular information extracted from proSTAT may significantly increase the amount of available data for pathological assessment of prostate specimens. Our approach is amenable to automation and-subject to independent validation-can find a wide spectrum of clinical and research applications.
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- Yu-Ching Peng
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- JelloX Biotech Inc., Zhubei City, Taiwan.,Department of Power Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Power Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sandeman K, Blom S, Koponen V, Manninen A, Juhila J, Rannikko A, Ropponen T, Mirtti T. AI Model for Prostate Biopsies Predicts Cancer Survival. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12051031. [PMID: 35626187 PMCID: PMC9139241 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12051031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for prostate cancer detection and grading was developed for clinical diagnostics on biopsies. The study cohort included 4221 scanned slides from 872 biopsy sessions at the HUS Helsinki University Hospital during 2016–2017 and a subcohort of 126 patients treated by robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP) during 2016–2019. In the validation cohort (n = 391), the model detected cancer with a sensitivity of 98% and specificity of 98% (weighted kappa 0.96 compared with the pathologist’s diagnosis). Algorithm-based detection of the grade area recapitulated the pathologist’s grade group. The area of AI-detected cancer was associated with extra-prostatic extension (G5 OR: 48.52; 95% CI 1.11–8.33), seminal vesicle invasion (cribriform G4 OR: 2.46; 95% CI 0.15–1.7; G5 OR: 5.58; 95% CI 0.45–3.42), and lymph node involvement (cribriform G4 OR: 2.66; 95% CI 0.2–1.8; G5 OR: 4.09; 95% CI 0.22–3). Algorithm-detected grade group 3–5 prostate cancer depicted increased risk for biochemical recurrence compared with grade groups 1–2 (HR: 5.91; 95% CI 1.96–17.83). This study showed that a deep learning model not only can find and grade prostate cancer on biopsies comparably with pathologists but also can predict adverse staging and probability for recurrence after surgical treatment.
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- Kevin Sandeman
- Medicum and Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 63, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (A.R.); (T.M.)
- Department of Pathology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Jan Waldenström Gata 59, 20502 Malmö, Sweden
- Correspondence:
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- Aiforia Technologies Plc., Tukholmankatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland; (S.B.); (V.K.); (A.M.); (J.J.); (T.R.)
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- Aiforia Technologies Plc., Tukholmankatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland; (S.B.); (V.K.); (A.M.); (J.J.); (T.R.)
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- Aiforia Technologies Plc., Tukholmankatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland; (S.B.); (V.K.); (A.M.); (J.J.); (T.R.)
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- Aiforia Technologies Plc., Tukholmankatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland; (S.B.); (V.K.); (A.M.); (J.J.); (T.R.)
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- Medicum and Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 63, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (A.R.); (T.M.)
- Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, P.O. Box 340, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
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- Aiforia Technologies Plc., Tukholmankatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland; (S.B.); (V.K.); (A.M.); (J.J.); (T.R.)
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- Medicum and Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 63, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (A.R.); (T.M.)
- Department of Pathology, HUSLAB Laboratory Services, Helsinki University Hospital, P.O. Box 720, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
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Ramirez-Garrastacho M, Berge V, Linē A, Llorente A. Potential of miRNAs in urinary extracellular vesicles for management of active surveillance in prostate cancer patients. Br J Cancer 2022; 126:492-501. [PMID: 34811506 PMCID: PMC8810884 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-021-01598-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Active surveillance is an alternative to radical treatment for patients with low-risk prostate cancer, which could also benefit some patients with intermediate risk. We have investigated the use of miRNA in urinary extracellular vesicles to stratify these patients. METHODS NGS was performed to profile the miRNAs from small urinary extracellular vesicles in a cohort of 70 patients with prostate cancer ISUP Grade 1, 2 or 3. The most promising candidates were then analysed by RT-qPCR in a new cohort of 60 patients. RESULTS NGS analysis identified nine miRNAs differentially expressed in at least one of the comparisons. The largest differences were found with miR-1290 (Grade 3 vs. 1), miR-320a-3p (Grade 3 vs. 2) and miR-155-5p (Grade 2 vs. 1). Combinations of 2-3 miRNAs were able to differentiate between two ISUP grades with an AUC 0.79-0.88. RT-qPCR analysis showed a similar trend for miR-186-5p and miR-30e-5p to separate Grade 3 from 2, and miR-320a-3p to separate Grade 2 from 1. CONCLUSIONS Using NGS, we have identified several miRNAs that discriminate between prostate cancer patients with ISUP Grades 1, 2 and 3. Moreover, miR-186-5p, miR-320a-3p and miR-30e-5p showed a similar behaviour in an independent cohort using an alternative analytical method. Our results show that miRNAs from urinary vesicles can be potentially useful as liquid biopsies for active surveillance.
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- Manuel Ramirez-Garrastacho
- grid.55325.340000 0004 0389 8485Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- grid.55325.340000 0004 0389 8485Department of Urology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway ,grid.5510.10000 0004 1936 8921Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- grid.419210.f0000 0004 4648 9892Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. .,Department for Mechanical, Electronics and Chemical Engineering, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
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Greenland NY, Cooperberg MR, Wong AC, Chan E, Carroll PR, Simko JP, Stohr BA. Molecular risk classifier score and biochemical recurrence risk are associated with cribriform pattern type in Gleason 3+4=7 prostate cancer. Investig Clin Urol 2022; 63:27-33. [PMID: 34983120 PMCID: PMC8756156 DOI: 10.4111/icu.20210262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Among Gleason pattern 4 types, cribriform pattern is associated with the worst outcomes. We hypothesized that larger cribriform patterns would be associated with increased Decipher scores and higher biochemical recurrence (BCR) risk in Gleason 3+4=7 prostatectomy patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The slide from patients who underwent prostatectomy from January 2016 to March 2020 on which Decipher was performed was re-reviewed for Gleason score and cribriform patterns, with large cribriform defined as cribriform acini with greater than 12 lumens and simple cribriform as 12 or fewer lumens. Differences in Decipher score were analyzed in a generalized linear model controlling for pathology stage and tumor margin status. A multivariable Cox proportional hazards model was performed for BCR-free survival. RESULTS Of 337 cases, 118 were Gleason 3+4=7. The mean Decipher scores in 3+4=7 cases without cribriform, with simple cribriform, and with large cribriform were 0.41, 0.54, and 0.62, respectively. In a multivariable model with pathology stage, margin tumor length, and percentage pattern 4 as covariates, compared to cases without cribriform, simple cribriform was associated with 0.10 increase in Decipher (p=0.03) and 4.7-fold hazard ratio of BCR (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.4-56.5; p=0.22) and large cribriform was associated with 0.17 increase in Decipher (p<0.001) and 16.0-fold hazard ratio of BCR (95% CI, 1.4-181.2; p=0.02). CONCLUSIONS Among Gleason 3+4=7 carcinomas, large cribriform was associated with higher Decipher scores and greater BCR risk. Our results support that large cribriform is an aggressive pattern 4 subtype and should be considered a contraindication for active surveillance.
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- Nancy Y Greenland
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Department of Pathology, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, USA.,UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Remmers S, Nieboer D, Rijstenberg LL, Hansum T, van Leenders GJ, Roobol MJ. Updating the Rotterdam Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator with Invasive Cribriform and/or Intraductal Carcinoma for Men with a Prior Negative Biopsy. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022; 36:19-22. [PMID: 34977692 PMCID: PMC8693011 DOI: 10.1016/j.euros.2021.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The Rotterdam Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator (RPCRC) is a well-validated tool for upfront risk stratification to reduce the number of prostate biopsies and magnetic resonance imaging scans among both biopsy-naïve and previously biopsied men. The presence of invasive cribriform and/or intraductal carcinoma (CR/IDC) identifies men with aggressive grade group (GG) 2 tumors. This finding was recently incorporated in the RPCRC for biopsy-naïve men to predict the probability of no PCa, indolent PCa (GG 1 disease and GG 2 disease without CR/IDC), and clinically significant PCa (csPCa: GG 2 disease with CR/IDC and higher). The aim of the current study was to update the RPCRC for men with a previous negative biopsy with the presence of CR/IDC. A total of 2215 men were eligible for analyses, of whom 1776 (80%) were not diagnosed with PCa, 358 (16%) were diagnosed with indolent PCa, and 81 (4%) were diagnosed with csPCa according to the original 2014 Gleason grading. The optimism-corrected area under the curve was 0.69 for any PCa and 0.77 for csPCa. With a threshold of 10% for indolent PCa or 1% for csPCa, 20% of all prostate biopsies could be avoided and 2% of all csPCa cases would be missed. Our results support upfront risk stratification with the updated RPCRC. Patient summary Risk stratification for men without a prior diagnosis of prostate cancer can reduce the number of prostate biopsies and magnetic resonance imaging scans carried out in this patient population. Our study shows that it is possible to update the Rotterdam Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator for men with a previous negative biopsy with the presence of invasive cribriform and/or intraductal carcinoma.
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- Sebastiaan Remmers
- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author. Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel. +31 10 7032239; Fax: +31 10 7035315.
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Hidden clues in prostate cancer - Lessons learned from clinical and pre-clinical approaches on diagnosis and risk stratification. Cancer Lett 2022; 524:182-192. [PMID: 34687792 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2021.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
The heterogeneity of prostate cancer is evident at clinical, morphological and molecular levels. To aid clinical decision making, a three-tiered system for risk stratification is used to designate low-, intermediate-, and high-risk of disease progression. Intermediate-risk prostate cancers are the most frequently diagnosed, and even with common diagnostic features, can exhibit vastly different clinical progression. Thus, improved risk stratification methods are needed to better predict patient outcomes. Here, we provide an overview of the improvements in diagnosis/prognosis arising from advances in pathology reporting of prostate cancer, which can improve risk stratification, especially for patients with intermediate-risk disease. This review discusses updates to pathology reporting of morphological growth patterns, and proposes the utility of integrating prognostic biomarkers or innovative imaging techniques to enhance clinical decision-making. To complement clinical studies, experimental approaches using patient-derived tumors have highlighted important cellular and morphological features associated with aggressive disease that may impact treatment response. The intersection of urology, pathology and scientific disciplines is required to work towards a common goal of understanding disease pathogenesis, improving the stratification of patients with intermediate-risk disease and subsequently defining optimal treatment strategies using precision-based approaches.
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PTEN Loss and PD-L1 Expression of Different Histological Patterns of Prostate Cancer. Pathol Res Pract 2022; 229:153738. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2021.153738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lawrence MG, Porter LH, Clouston D, Murphy DG, Frydenberg M, Taylor RA, Risbridger GP. Knowing what's growing: Why ductal and intraductal prostate cancer matter. Sci Transl Med 2021; 12:12/533/eaaz0152. [PMID: 32132214 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaz0152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Prostate cancer is a common malignancy, but only some tumors are lethal. Accurately identifying these tumors will improve clinical practice and instruct research. Aggressive cancers often have distinctive pathologies, including intraductal carcinoma of the prostate (IDC-P) and ductal adenocarcinoma. Here, we review the importance of these pathologies because they are often overlooked, especially in genomics and preclinical testing. Pathology, genomics, and patient-derived models show that IDC-P and ductal adenocarcinoma accompany multiple markers of poor prognosis. Consequently, "knowing what is growing" will help translate preclinical research to pinpoint and treat high-risk prostate cancer in the clinic.
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- Mitchell G Lawrence
- Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Cancer Program, Prostate Cancer Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.,Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Cancer Program, Prostate Cancer Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.,Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.,Epworth HealthCare, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Cancer Program, Prostate Cancer Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.,Australian Urology Associates, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.,Department of Urology, Cabrini Health, Malvern, VIC 3144, Australia
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- Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.,Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Cancer Program, Prostate Cancer Research Group, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Cancer Program, Prostate Cancer Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. .,Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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Epstein JI, Amin MB, Fine SW, Algaba F, Aron M, Baydar DE, Beltran AL, Brimo F, Cheville JC, Colecchia M, Comperat E, da Cunha IW, Delprado W, DeMarzo AM, Giannico GA, Gordetsky JB, Guo CC, Hansel DE, Hirsch MS, Huang J, Humphrey PA, Jimenez RE, Khani F, Kong Q, Kryvenko ON, Kunju LP, Lal P, Latour M, Lotan T, Maclean F, Magi-Galluzzi C, Mehra R, Menon S, Miyamoto H, Montironi R, Netto GJ, Nguyen JK, Osunkoya AO, Parwani A, Robinson BD, Rubin MA, Shah RB, So JS, Takahashi H, Tavora F, Tretiakova MS, True L, Wobker SE, Yang XJ, Zhou M, Zynger DL, Trpkov K. The 2019 Genitourinary Pathology Society (GUPS) White Paper on Contemporary Grading of Prostate Cancer. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2021; 145:461-493. [PMID: 32589068 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0015-ra] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT.— Controversies and uncertainty persist in prostate cancer grading. OBJECTIVE.— To update grading recommendations. DATA SOURCES.— Critical review of the literature along with pathology and clinician surveys. CONCLUSIONS.— Percent Gleason pattern 4 (%GP4) is as follows: (1) report %GP4 in needle biopsy with Grade Groups (GrGp) 2 and 3, and in needle biopsy on other parts (jars) of lower grade in cases with at least 1 part showing Gleason score (GS) 4 + 4 = 8; and (2) report %GP4: less than 5% or less than 10% and 10% increments thereafter. Tertiary grade patterns are as follows: (1) replace "tertiary grade pattern" in radical prostatectomy (RP) with "minor tertiary pattern 5 (TP5)," and only use in RP with GrGp 2 or 3 with less than 5% Gleason pattern 5; and (2) minor TP5 is noted along with the GS, with the GrGp based on the GS. Global score and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-targeted biopsies are as follows: (1) when multiple undesignated cores are taken from a single MRI-targeted lesion, an overall grade for that lesion is given as if all the involved cores were one long core; and (2) if providing a global score, when different scores are found in the standard and the MRI-targeted biopsy, give a single global score (factoring both the systematic standard and the MRI-targeted positive cores). Grade Groups are as follows: (1) Grade Groups (GrGp) is the terminology adopted by major world organizations; and (2) retain GS 3 + 5 = 8 in GrGp 4. Cribriform carcinoma is as follows: (1) report the presence or absence of cribriform glands in biopsy and RP with Gleason pattern 4 carcinoma. Intraductal carcinoma (IDC-P) is as follows: (1) report IDC-P in biopsy and RP; (2) use criteria based on dense cribriform glands (>50% of the gland is composed of epithelium relative to luminal spaces) and/or solid nests and/or marked pleomorphism/necrosis; (3) it is not necessary to perform basal cell immunostains on biopsy and RP to identify IDC-P if the results would not change the overall (highest) GS/GrGp part per case; (4) do not include IDC-P in determining the final GS/GrGp on biopsy and/or RP; and (5) "atypical intraductal proliferation (AIP)" is preferred for an intraductal proliferation of prostatic secretory cells which shows a greater degree of architectural complexity and/or cytological atypia than typical high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, yet falling short of the strict diagnostic threshold for IDC-P. Molecular testing is as follows: (1) Ki67 is not ready for routine clinical use; (2) additional studies of active surveillance cohorts are needed to establish the utility of PTEN in this setting; and (3) dedicated studies of RNA-based assays in active surveillance populations are needed to substantiate the utility of these expensive tests in this setting. Artificial intelligence and novel grading schema are as follows: (1) incorporating reactive stromal grade, percent GP4, minor tertiary GP5, and cribriform/intraductal carcinoma are not ready for adoption in current practice.
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- Jonathan I Epstein
- From the Departments of Pathology (Epstein, DeMarzo, Lotan), McGill University Health Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.,Urology (Epstein), David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California (Huang).,and Oncology (Epstein), The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Urology, University of Tennessee Health Science, Memphis (Amin)
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York (Fine)
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- Department of Pathology, Fundacio Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain (Algaba)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Aron)
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey (Baydar)
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- Department of Pathology, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal (Beltran)
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- Department of Pathology, McGill University Health Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (Brimo)
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- Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Cheville, Jimenez)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy (Colecchia)
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- Department of Pathology, Hôpital Tenon, Sorbonne University, Paris, France (Comperat)
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- From the Departments of Pathology (Epstein, DeMarzo, Lotan), McGill University Health Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Giannico, Gordetsky)
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Giannico, Gordetsky)
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Guo)
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- Department of Pathology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (Hansel)
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Hirsch)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California (Huang)
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (Humphrey)
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- Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Cheville, Jimenez)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York (Khani, Robinson)
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- Department of Pathology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, China (Kong).,Kong is currently located at Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center, Sacramento, California
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- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida (Kryvenko)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Kunju, Mehra)
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Lal)
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- Department of Pathology, CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (Latour)
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- From the Departments of Pathology (Epstein, DeMarzo, Lotan), McGill University Health Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia (Maclean)
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (Magi-Galluzzi, Netto)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Kunju, Mehra)
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India (Menon)
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- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York (Miyamoto)
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- Section of Pathological Anatomy, School of Medicine, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy (Montironi)
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (Magi-Galluzzi, Netto)
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- Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (Nguyen)
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- Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia (Osunkoya)
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- Department of Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus (Parwani, Zynger)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York (Khani, Robinson)
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- Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (Rubin)
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (Shah)
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- Institute of Pathology, St Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City and Global City, Philippines (So)
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- Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Takahashi)
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- Argos Laboratory, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil (Tavora)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (Tretiakova, True)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (Tretiakova, True)
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- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Urology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Wobker)
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (Yang)
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- Department of Pathology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (Zhou)
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- Department of Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus (Parwani, Zynger)
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- and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Trpkov)
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Advances in the selection of patients with prostate cancer for active surveillance. Nat Rev Urol 2021; 18:197-208. [PMID: 33623103 DOI: 10.1038/s41585-021-00432-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Early identification and management of prostate cancer completely changed with the discovery of prostate-specific antigen. However, improved detection has also led to overdiagnosis and consequently overtreatment of patients with low-risk disease. Strategies for the management of patients using active surveillance - the monitoring of clinically insignificant disease until intervention is warranted - were developed in response to this issue. The success of this approach is critically dependent on the accurate selection of patients who are predicted to be at the lowest risk of prostate cancer mortality. The Epstein criteria for clinically insignificant prostate cancer were first published in 1994 and have been repeatedly validated for risk-stratification and selection for active surveillance over the past few decades. Current active surveillance programmes use modified criteria with 30-50% of patients receiving treatment at 10 years. Nonetheless, tools for prostate cancer diagnosis have continued to evolve with improvements in biopsy format and targeting, advances in imaging technologies such as multiparametric MRI, and the identification of serum-, tissue- and urine-based biomarkers. These advances have the potential to further improve the identification of men with low-risk disease who can be appropriately managed using active surveillance.
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Kryvenko ON. Small Cell-like Change in Central Zone Histology-A New Observation Mimicking Cribriform Intraductal Prostatic Adenocarcinoma. Int J Surg Pathol 2021; 29:635-637. [PMID: 33729852 DOI: 10.1177/10668969211003966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A small cell-like change in prostate has been described in high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), intraductal prostatic adenocarcinoma, and invasive prostate cancer. It occurs when these processes have a cribriform architecture. To date, small cell-like change has not been described in benign glands. Herein, I describe such a change in cribriform central zone histology from a radical prostatectomy with a spatially remote treatment naïve Grade Group 3 prostate cancer. The cancer did not have cribriform morphology or intraductal prostatic adenocarcinoma. The small cell-like change was positive for racemase in PIN-4 cocktail and no nuclei were highlighted by Ki-67. This is the first report of a small cell-like change in benign prostate tissue. Although rare, such finding in cribriform architecture of central zone histology can potentially be misinterpreted as a neoplastic process.
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Montironi R, Cheng L, Cimadamore A, Mazzucchelli R, Scarpelli M, Santoni M, Massari F, Lopez-Beltran A. Narrative review of prostate cancer grading systems: will the Gleason scores be replaced by the Grade Groups? Transl Androl Urol 2021; 10:1530-1540. [PMID: 33850787 PMCID: PMC8039597 DOI: 10.21037/tau-20-853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The Gleason grading system, proposed by Dr. Donald F. Gleason in 1966, is one of the most important prognostic factors in men with prostate cancer (PCa). At consensus conferences held in 2005 and 2014, organized by the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP), the system was modified to reflect the current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. In particular, in the 2014 Conference, it was recognized that there were weaknesses with the original and the 2005 ISUP modified Gleason systems. Based on the results of a research conducted by Prof. JI Epstein and his group, a new grading system was proposed by the ISUP in order to address some of such deficiencies: i.e., the five distinct Grade Groups (GGs). Since 2014, results of studies have been published by different groups and societies, including the Genitourinary Pathology Society (GUPS), giving additional support to the prognostic role of the architectural Gleason patterns and, in particular, of the GGs. A revised GG system, taking into account the percentage of Gleason pattern (GP) 4, cribriform and intraductal carcinoma, tertiary GP 5, and reactive stroma grade, has shown to have some advantages, however not ready for adoption in the current practice. The aim of this contribution was to review the major updates and recommendations regarding the GPs and GSs, as well as the GGs, trying to give an answer to the following questions: “How has the grade group system been used in the routine?” and “will the Gleason scoring system be replace by the grade groups?” We also discussed the potential implementation in the future of molecular pathology and artificial intelligence in grading to further define risk groups in patients with PCa.
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- Rodolfo Montironi
- Section of Pathological Anatomy, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Section of Pathological Anatomy, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy
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- Section of Pathological Anatomy, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy
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- Section of Pathological Anatomy, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy
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Hollemans E, Verhoef EI, Bangma CH, Rietbergen J, Roobol MJ, Helleman J, van Leenders GJLH. Clinical outcome comparison of Grade Group 1 and Grade Group 2 prostate cancer with and without cribriform architecture at the time of radical prostatectomy. Histopathology 2021; 76:755-762. [PMID: 31944367 PMCID: PMC7216977 DOI: 10.1111/his.14064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Revised: 12/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Aims Invasive cribriform and intraductal carcinoma are associated with aggressive disease in Grade Group 2 (GG2) prostate cancer patients. However, the characteristics and clinical outcome of patients with GG2 prostate cancer without cribriform architecture (GG2−) as compared with those with Grade Group 1 (GG1) prostate cancer are unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and pathological characteristics of GG1 and GG2− prostate cancer in radical prostatectomy specimens. Methods and results We reviewed 835 radical prostatectomy specimens for Grade Group, pT stage, surgical margin status, and the presence of cribriform architecture. Biochemical recurrence‐free survival and metastasis were used as clinical outcomes. GG1 prostate cancer was seen in 207 patients, and GG2 prostate cancer was seen in 420 patients, of whom 228 (54%) showed cribriform architecture (GG2+) and 192 (46%) did not. GG2− patients had higher prostate‐specific antigen levels (9.4 ng/ml versus 7.0 ng/ml; P < 0.001), more often had extraprostatic extension (36% versus 11%; P < 0.001) and had more positive surgical margins (27% versus 17%; P = 0.01) than GG1 patients. GG2− patients had shorter biochemical recurrence‐free survival (hazard ratio 2.7, 95% confidence interval 1.4–4.9; P = 0.002) than GG1 patients. Lymph node and distant metastasis were observed neither in GG2− nor in GG1 patients, but occurred in 22 of 228 (10%) GG2+ patients. Conclusion In conclusion, patients with GG2− prostate cancer at radical prostatectomy have more advanced disease and shorter biochemical recurrence‐free survival than those with GG1 prostate cancer, but both groups have a very low risk of developing metastasis.
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- Eva Hollemans
- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Brooks MA, Thomas L, Magi-Galluzzi C, Li J, Crager MR, Lu R, Abran J, Aboushwareb T, Klein EA. GPS Assay Association With Long-Term Cancer Outcomes: Twenty-Year Risk of Distant Metastasis and Prostate Cancer-Specific Mortality. JCO Precis Oncol 2021; 5:PO.20.00325. [PMID: 34036236 PMCID: PMC8140813 DOI: 10.1200/po.20.00325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To assess the association between the Oncotype DX Genomic Prostate Score (GPS) result and long-term oncological outcomes following radical prostatectomy (RP). METHODS We evaluated the association of the GPS result assayed from the index lesion from RP tissue with the risk of distant metastases (DM) and prostate cancer–specific mortality (PCSM) over the 20 years following RP in a stratified cohort sample of 428 patients from 2,641 treated between 1987 and 2004. Cox regression of cause-specific hazards was used to estimate the absolute risk of both end points, with death from other causes treated as a competing risk. A correction for regression to the mean (RM) was applied since the GPS test was developed using this cohort. Exploratory analysis using presurgical parameters and the GPS test as prognostic variables was performed to assess the additional value of the GPS test on 20-year risk of DM and PCSM. Model discrimination was measured using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. RESULTS The GPS test appears to be independently associated with both 20-year risk of DM and PCSM with a low false discovery rate. Per 20-unit increase in GPS, multivariable analysis with RM correction estimated hazard ratios of 2.24 (95% CI, 1.49 to 3.53) and 2.30 (95% CI, 1.45 to 4.36) for DM and PCSM, respectively. Accuracy of models including clinical risk factors alone appeared to improve when including the GPS test in assessing risk of both end points. CONCLUSION The results suggest that the GPS test provides information on the risk for the meaningful long-term outcomes of DM and PCSM.
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- Michael A Brooks
- Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Genomic Health Inc, an Exact Sciences Corporation, Redwood City, CA
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- Genomic Health Inc, an Exact Sciences Corporation, Redwood City, CA
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- Genomic Health Inc, an Exact Sciences Corporation, Redwood City, CA
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- Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Grade group 2 (10% ≥ GP4) patients have very similar malignant potential with grade group 1 patients, given the risk of intraductal carcinoma of the prostate. Int J Clin Oncol 2021; 26:764-769. [PMID: 33385274 DOI: 10.1007/s10147-020-01841-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has been argued that grade group 2 (GG2) with a low Gleason pattern 4 (GP4) proportion should be an indication for active surveillance (AS) of prostate cancer (PCa). However, the cut-off GP4 proportion for AS remains unclear. Here, we evaluated the effect of GP4 proportion and IDC-P on cancer recurrence following radical prostatectomy (RP) in GG1 and GG2 patients, and identified candidates for AS. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 646 patients with PCa who underwent RP between 2005 and 2014, and whose specimens were of GG1 or GG2 status. RESULTS The GGs were as follows: GG1, 25.2% (n = 163); GG2 (5% ≥ GP4), 11.4% (n = 74); GG2 (5% < GP4 ≤ 10%), 25.9% (n = 167); and GG2 (20% ≤ GP4), 37.5% (n = 242). IDC-P was detected in 26 patients (4%), i.e., in 2/167 GG2 (5% < GP4 ≤ 10%; 1%) cases and 24/242 GG2 (20% ≤ GP4; 10%) cases. GG2 patients with IDC-P exhibited a significantly poorer prognosis than did those without IDC-P (P < 0.0001), as did GG2 (20% ≤ GP4) patients without IDC-P (P < 0.05). The GG2 (5% ≥ GP4) and (5% < GP4 ≤ 10%) groups exhibited prognoses similar to those of the GG1 patients. In multivariate analysis, GG2 (20% ≤ GP4) without IDC-P, the presence of IDC-P, and the prostate-specific antigen level at diagnosis significantly predicted prognosis (P < 0.05, < 0.0001, and < 0.0001, respectively). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that GG2 (GP4 ≤ 10%) patients could be indicated for AS, similar to GG1 patients, given the risk of IDC-P tumors.
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Tonry C, Finn S, Armstrong J, Pennington SR. Clinical proteomics for prostate cancer: understanding prostate cancer pathology and protein biomarkers for improved disease management. Clin Proteomics 2020; 17:41. [PMID: 33292167 PMCID: PMC7678104 DOI: 10.1186/s12014-020-09305-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Following the introduction of routine Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) screening in the early 1990's, Prostate Cancer (PCa) is often detected at an early stage. There are also a growing number of treatment options available and so the associated mortality rate is generally low. However, PCa is an extremely complex and heterogenous disease and many patients suffer disease recurrence following initial therapy. Disease recurrence commonly results in metastasis and metastatic PCa has an average survival rate of just 3-5 years. A significant problem in the clinical management of PCa is being able to differentiate between patients who will respond to standard therapies and those who may benefit from more aggressive intervention at an earlier stage. It is also acknowledged that for many men the disease is not life threatenting. Hence, there is a growing desire to identify patients who can be spared the significant side effects associated with PCa treatment until such time (if ever) their disease progresses to the point where treatment is required. To these important clinical needs, current biomarkers and clinical methods for patient stratification and personlised treatment are insufficient. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the complexities of PCa pathology and disease management. In this context it is possible to review current biomarkers and proteomic technologies that will support development of biomarker-driven decision tools to meet current important clinical needs. With such an in-depth understanding of disease pathology, the development of novel clinical biomarkers can proceed in an efficient and effective manner, such that they have a better chance of improving patient outcomes.
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- Claire Tonry
- UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Ireland
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Boamfa MI, Asselman MJA, Vulders RCM, Verhoef EI, van Royen ME, van der Zaag PJ. Combined transmission, dark field and fluorescence microscopy for intact, 3D tissue analysis of biopsies. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2020; 25:JBO-200131R. [PMID: 33215476 PMCID: PMC7676494 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.25.11.116503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Currently, tissue biopsies are sectioned into 3- to 5-μm-thick slices that are used for conventional pathology analysis. Previous work by confocal microscopy and light-sheet microscopy has shown that analyzing biopsies intact in three-dimensions (3D) is possible and may lead to a better understanding of cancer growth patterns. Although accurate, these methods require fluorescent staining of the tissue, in addition to tissue clearing. If the 3D biopsy analysis could be done sufficiently swiftly, this approach may be used for on-site assessment of the adequacy of a biopsy taken. AIM We aim to show that, by transmission microscopy of optically cleared tissue punches, the tissue architecture can be determined without the need for fluorescent staining. APPROACH Transmission microscopy is used by combining bright field microscopy with dark field and epifluorescent microscopy to compare samples that have also been analyzed by fluorescent confocal microscopy. RESULTS With increasing distance to the focal plane, the higher-frequency part of the spatial frequency spectrum of transmitted light is attenuated increasingly. This property is exploited for tissue segmentation, detecting whether tissue is present at a certain position in the focal plane image. Using this approach, we show that a 3D rendering of the internal cavity or tubules structure of punch biopsies, which are up to 1-mm thick, can be acquired in ≈1 min scan time per imaging modality. The images of the overall tissue architecture that are obtained are similar to those from the confocal microscopy benchmark, without requiring fluorescent staining. CONCLUSIONS Images of the overall tissue architecture can be obtained from transmission microcopy; they are similar to those from the confocal microscopy benchmark without requiring fluorescent staining. Tissue clearing is still needed. The total scan time of the present method is significantly shorter at a fraction of the device costs.
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- Erasmus MC, Department of Pathology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Erasmus MC, Erasmus Optical Imaging Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Address all correspondence to Pieter J. van der Zaag,
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van Leenders GJLH, Verhoef EI, Hollemans E. Prostate cancer growth patterns beyond the Gleason score: entering a new era of comprehensive tumour grading. Histopathology 2020; 77:850-861. [PMID: 32683729 PMCID: PMC7756302 DOI: 10.1111/his.14214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The Gleason grading system is one of the most important factors in clinical decision‐making for prostate cancer patients, and is entirely based on the classification of tumour growth patterns. In recent years it has become clear that some individual growth patterns themselves have independent prognostic value, and could be used for better personalised risk stratification. In this review we summarise recent literature on the clinicopathological value and molecular characteristics of individual prostate cancer growth patterns, and show how these, most particularly cribriform architecture, could alter treatment decisions for prostate cancer patients.
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Leenders GJ, van der Kwast TH, Grignon DJ, Evans AJ, Kristiansen G, Kweldam CF, Litjens G, McKenney JK, Melamed J, Mottet N, Paner GP, Samaratunga H, Schoots IG, Simko JP, Tsuzuki T, Varma M, Warren AY, Wheeler TM, Williamson SR, Iczkowski KA. The 2019 International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Grading of Prostatic Carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol 2020; 44:e87-e99. [PMID: 32459716 PMCID: PMC7382533 DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000001497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 71.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Five years after the last prostatic carcinoma grading consensus conference of the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP), accrual of new data and modification of clinical practice require an update of current pathologic grading guidelines. This manuscript summarizes the proceedings of the ISUP consensus meeting for grading of prostatic carcinoma held in September 2019, in Nice, France. Topics brought to consensus included the following: (1) approaches to reporting of Gleason patterns 4 and 5 quantities, and minor/tertiary patterns, (2) an agreement to report the presence of invasive cribriform carcinoma, (3) an agreement to incorporate intraductal carcinoma into grading, and (4) individual versus aggregate grading of systematic and multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging-targeted biopsies. Finally, developments in the field of artificial intelligence in the grading of prostatic carcinoma and future research perspectives were discussed.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Laboratory Information Support Systems, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Pathology of the University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Diagnostic Image Analysis Group and the Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Urology Department, University Hospital
- Department of Surgery, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Department of Pathology, University of Queensland School of Medicine, and Aquesta Uropathology, St Lucia, QLD
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- Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Aichi Medical University, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
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- Department of Pathology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pathology, Henry Ford Health System and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
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Mannaerts CK, Engelbrecht MRW, Postema AW, van Kollenburg RAA, Hoeks CMA, Savci-Heijink CD, Van Sloun RJG, Wildeboer RR, De Reijke TM, Mischi M, Wijkstra H. Detection of clinically significant prostate cancer in biopsy-naïve men: direct comparison of systematic biopsy, multiparametric MRI- and contrast-ultrasound-dispersion imaging-targeted biopsy. BJU Int 2020; 126:481-493. [PMID: 32315112 DOI: 10.1111/bju.15093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To compare and evaluate a multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI)-targeted biopsy (TBx) strategy, contrast-ultrasound-dispersion imaging (CUDI)-TBx strategy and systematic biopsy (SBx) strategy for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) in biopsy-naïve men. PATIENTS AND METHODS A prospective, single-centre paired diagnostic study included 150 biopsy-naïve men, from November 2015 to November 2018. All men underwent pre-biopsy mpMRI and CUDI followed by a 12-core SBx taken by an operator blinded from the imaging results. Men with suspicious lesions on mpMRI and/or CUDI also underwent MRI-TRUS fusion-TBx and/or cognitive CUDI-TBx after SBx by a second operator. A non-inferiority analysis of the mpMRI- and CUDI-TBx strategies in comparison with SBx for International Society of Urological Pathology Grade Group [GG] ≥2 PCa in any core with a non-inferiority margin of 1 percentage point was performed. Additional analyses for GG ≥2 PCa with cribriform growth pattern and/or intraductal carcinoma (CR/IDC), and GG ≥3 PCa were performed. Differences in detection rates were tested using McNemar's test with adjusted Wald confidence intervals. RESULTS After enrolment of 150 men, an interim analysis was performed. Both the mpMRI- and CUDI-TBx strategies were inferior to SBx for GG ≥2 PCa detection and the study was stopped. SBx found significantly more GG ≥2 PCa: 39% (56/142), as compared with 29% (41/142) and 28% (40/142) for mpMRI-TBx and CUDI-TBx, respectively (P < 0.05). SBx found significantly more GG = 1 PCa: 14% (20/142) compared to 1% (two of 142) and 3% (four of 142) with mpMRI-TBx and CUDI-TBx, respectively (P < 0.05). Detection of GG ≥2 PCa with CR/IDC and GG ≥3 PCa did not differ significantly between the strategies. The mpMRI- and CUDI-TBx strategies were comparable in detection but the mpMRI-TBx strategy had less false-positive findings (18% vs 53%). CONCLUSIONS In our study in biopsy-naïve men, the mpMRI- and CUDI-TBx strategies had comparable PCa detection rates, but the mpMRI-TBX strategy had the least false-positive findings. Both strategies were inferior to SBx for the detection of GG ≥2 PCa, despite reduced detection of insignificant GG = 1 PCa. Both strategies did not significantly differ from SBx for the detection of GG ≥2 PCa with CR/IDC and GG ≥3 PCa.
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- Christophe K Mannaerts
- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Haffner MC, Salles DC, Gao G, Epstein JI. Gleason pattern 4 with cribriform morphology on biopsy is associated with adverse clinicopathological findings in a prospective radical prostatectomy cohort. Hum Pathol 2020; 98:74-80. [PMID: 32119879 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2020.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The prognostic significance of the Gleason grading system has been well established. However, individual Gleason patterns comprise heterogeneous morphologies which might add additional prognostic information. Recent evidence suggests that Gleason pattern 4 with cribriform growth pattern is associated with an adverse prognosis. To determine the association between cribriform pattern on biopsies and pathological findings on subsequent prostatectomies, we evaluated the presence of cribriform architecture in a prospective cohort of 367 men from 2014 to 2018 treated at a single institution. Cribriform architecture was present in 63.5% of all biopsies and was correlated with the overall extent of Gleason pattern 4. In addition, cribriform morphology on biopsy showed a statistically significant association with higher Gleason grade and increased pathological stage and nodal metastasis. In a subset analysis of cases with Grade Group 2 (Gleason score 3 + 4, n = 208), these associations did not reach statistical significance, but the presence of cribriform growth in this subgroup showed a trend toward increased upgrading to Grade Group 5 (Gleason score 9/10) (1 [0.5%] vs. 5 [2.4%], P = 0.06). This large prospective study comparing biopsy and prostatectomy finding of cribriform architecture demonstrates that cribriform pattern 4 is associated with adverse prognostic features and highlights the relevance for recognizing specific morphologies with distinct biological and clinical features.
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- Michael C Haffner
- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
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Verhoef EI, Kweldam CF, Kümmerlin IP, Nieboer D, Bangma CH, Incrocci L, van der Kwast TH, Roobol MJ, van Leenders GJLH. Comparison of Tumor Volume Parameters on Prostate Cancer Biopsies. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2020; 144:991-996. [PMID: 31904279 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2019-0361-oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT.— Prostate biopsy reports require an indication of prostate cancer volume. No consensus exists on the methodology of tumor volume reporting. OBJECTIVE.— To compare the prognostic value of different biopsy prostate cancer volume parameters. DESIGN.— Prostate biopsies of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer were reviewed (n = 1031). Tumor volume was quantified in 6 ways: average estimated tumor percentage, measured total tumor length, average calculated tumor percentage, greatest tumor length, greatest tumor percentage, and average tumor percentage of all biopsies. Their prognostic value was determined by using either logistic regression for extraprostatic expansion (EPE) and surgical margin status after radical prostatectomy (RP), or Cox regression for biochemical recurrence-free survival (BCRFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) after RP (n = 406) and radiation therapy (RT) (n = 508). RESULTS.— All tumor volume parameters were significantly mutually correlated (R2 > 0.500, P < .001). None were predictive for EPE, surgical margin, or BCRFS after RP in multivariable analysis, including age, prostate-specific antigen, number of positive biopsies, and grade group. In contrast, all tumor volume parameters were significant predictors for BCRFS (all P < .05) and DSS (all P < .05) after RT, except greatest tumor length. In multivariable analysis including only all tumor volume parameters as covariates, calculated tumor length was the only predictor for EPE after RP (P = .02) and DSS after RT (P = .02). CONCLUSIONS.— All tumor volume parameters had comparable prognostic value and could be used in clinical practice. If tumor volume quantification is a threshold for treatment decision, calculated tumor length seems preferential, slightly outperforming the other parameters.
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- From the Departments of Pathology (Ms Verhoef, Drs Kweldam, Kümmerlin, and van Leenders), Public Health (Mr Nieboer), Urology (Mr Nieboer, Drs Bangma and Roobol), and Radiotherapy (Dr Incrocci), Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr van der Kwast)
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Kim KH, Ku JY, Lee CH, Park WY, Ha HK. Cribriform Pattern at the Surgical Margin is Highly Predictive of Biochemical Recurrence in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy. KOSIN MEDICAL JOURNAL 2019. [DOI: 10.7180/kmj.2019.34.2.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Objectives We investigated the relationship between cribriform patterns and biochemical recurrence in patients with positive surgical margins after radical prostatectomy. Methods This study was based on radical prostatectomy specimens obtained from 817 patients (165 with margin-positive status) collected at a single center between 2010 and 2016. We retrospectively analyzed and compared body mass index, preoperative prostate-specific antigen, Gleason score, operative methods, postoperative Gleason score, pathological T-stage, tumor percentage involvement, lymphatic and perineural invasion, prostate-specific antigen nadir, location and length of the positive margin, cribriform pattern status, and Gleason grade at the surgical margin in terms of their association with biochemical recurrence. Risk factors for biochemical recurrence were also investigated. Results 21% (31/146) of surgical margin-positive patients had a cribriform pattern. Nadir prostate-specific antigen, perineural invasion and biochemical recurrence rates were significantly higher in cribriform pattern present group than absent group (P = 0.031, 0.043 and 0.045, respectively). According to the Cox regression model, postoperative Gleason score, tumor percentage involvement, location and length of the positive margin, and the presence of a cribriform pattern at the surgical margin were significant predictive factors of biochemical recurrence (P = 0.022, < 0.001, 0.015, 0.001, and 0.022, respectively). Moreover, the biochemical recurrence risk was approximately 3-fold higher in patients with a cribriform pattern at the surgical margin than in those without (HR: 3.41, 95% CI 1.20-9.70, P = 0.022). Conclusions A cribriform pattern at the surgical margin is a significant predictor of biochemical recurrence in patients who undergo radical prostatectomy.
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Truong M, Frye T, Messing E, Miyamoto H. Historical and contemporary perspectives on cribriform morphology in prostate cancer. Nat Rev Urol 2019; 15:475-482. [PMID: 29713007 DOI: 10.1038/s41585-018-0013-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The Gleason scoring system is widely used for the grading and prognostication of prostate cancer. A Gleason pattern 4 subtype known as cribriform morphology has now been recognized as an aggressive and often lethal pattern of prostate cancer. The vast majority of published and ongoing prostate cancer studies still do not acknowledge the prognostic differences between various Gleason pattern 4 morphologies. As a result, current treatment recommendations are likely to be imprecise and not tailored towards patients who are most likely to die from the disease. Use of active surveillance for patients with Gleason score 3 + 4 prostate cancer has been suggested. However, the success of such paradigms would require cribriform morphology to be reported at the time of prostate biopsy, as patients harbouring such a pattern are poor candidates for surveillance. To date, only a limited number of studies have described the molecular alterations that occur in the cribriform morphological pattern. Further refinement of prostate cancer grading paradigms to distinguish cribriform from noncribriform Gleason pattern 4 is essential.
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- Matthew Truong
- Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA. .,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
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van Leenders GJLH, Kweldam CF, Hollemans E, Kümmerlin IP, Nieboer D, Verhoef EI, Remmers S, Incrocci L, Bangma CH, van der Kwast TH, Roobol MJ. Improved Prostate Cancer Biopsy Grading by Incorporation of Invasive Cribriform and Intraductal Carcinoma in the 2014 Grade Groups. Eur Urol 2019; 77:191-198. [PMID: 31439369 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.07.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Grade groups (GGs) are an important parameter for therapeutic decision making in prostate cancer (Pca) patients. Invasive cribriform and/or intraductal carcinoma (CR/IDC) has an independent prognostic value for disease outcome, but are not included in the GG limiting their clinical use. OBJECTIVE To perform a proof-of-principle study incorporating CR/IDC in the current GG. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS All prostate biopsies of 1031 men with screen-detected Pca between 1993 and 2000 were reviewed for the current GG (ranging from 1 to 5) and CR/IDC. The cribriform grade (cGrade) was equal to the GG if CR/IDC was present and GG minus 1 if not. GG1 was cGrade1 if intraductal carcinoma was absent. INTERVENTION Biopsy review for GG and CR/IDC. A total of 406 patients had received radical prostatectomy (RP), 508 radiotherapy (RT), 108 surveillance, and eight hormonal therapy, and the treatment was unknown for one patient. Outcome measurements and statistical analysis disease-specific survival (DSS), metastasis-free survival (MFS), and biochemical recurrence-free survival (BCRFS) after 15.1 yr (interquartile range 10.9-19.7 yr) follow-up were compared using Harrell's C-statistic. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS The biopsy GGs were 486 GG1, 310 GG2, 104 GG3, 64 GG4, and 67 GG5; cGrade distributions were 738 cGrade1, 102 cGrade2, 91 cGrade3, 58 cGrade4, and 42 cGrade5. The cGrade had a better discriminative value than the GG for DSS (C-index 0.79; 95% confidence interval 0.74-0.83 vs 0.76; 0.71-0.82) and MFS (0.79; 0.74-0.84 vs 0.77; 0.72-0.82). The discriminative value for BCRFS after RP and RT was similar for both models. Different diagnostic, such as use of sextant biopsies, and therapeutic strategies in the 1990s are the limitations of this study. CONCLUSIONS The cGrade is a simple Pca grade modification with better discriminative values for DSS and MFS than the GG, particularly impacting decision making in men with current GG2 Pca. PATIENT SUMMARY Microscopic grading is an important factor for decision making in prostate cancer (Pca) patients. We show that a simple grade modification better predicts Pca outcome and might improve treatment choices.
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Hollemans E, Verhoef EI, Bangma CH, Schoots I, Rietbergen J, Helleman J, Roobol MJ, van Leenders GJLH. Concordance of cribriform architecture in matched prostate cancer biopsy and radical prostatectomy specimens. Histopathology 2019; 75:338-345. [PMID: 31045262 PMCID: PMC6851781 DOI: 10.1111/his.13893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Aims Invasive cribriform and/or intraductal carcinoma have been identified as independent adverse parameters for prostate cancer outcome. Little is known on biopsy undersampling of cribriform architecture. Our aim was to determine the extent of cribriform architecture undersampling and to find predictive factors for identifying false cribriform‐negative cases. Methods and results We reviewed 186 matched prostate biopsies and radical prostatectomy specimens. Of 97 biopsy grade group 2 (Gleason score 3 + 4 = 7) patients, 22 (23%) had true cribriform‐negative (TN), 39 (40%) false‐negative (FN) and 36 (37%) true‐positive (TP) biopsies. Patients with FN biopsies had higher, although not statistically significant (P = 0.06), median PSA levels than patients with TP biopsies (12 versus 8 ng/ml). A PI‐RADS 5 lesion was present in nine of 16 (54%) FN and three of 11 (27%) TN biopsies (P = 0.05). Positive biopsy rate (P = 0.47), percentage Gleason pattern 4 (P = 0.55) and glomeruloid architecture (P = 1.0) were not different. Logistic regression identified PSA as an independent predictor (odds ratio = 3.5; 95% confidence interval = 1.2–9.4, P = 0.02) for cribriform architecture on radical prostatectomy, but not PI‐RADS score. The FN rate for large cribriform architecture at radical prostatectomy was 27%, which was lower than for any cribriform architecture (P = 0.01). During follow‐up (median 27 months), biochemical recurrence‐free survival of patients with TP biopsies was significantly shorter than that of those with FN biopsies (P = 0.03). Conclusion In conclusion, 40% of grade group 2 prostate cancer biopsies were FN for cribriform architecture. These patients had higher PSA levels and more frequent PI‐RADS score 5 lesions than men with TN biopsies.
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- Eva Hollemans
- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Franciscus Gasthuis and Vlietland, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Tonttila PP, Ahtikoski A, Kuisma M, Pääkkö E, Hirvikoski P, Vaarala MH. Multiparametric MRI prior to radical prostatectomy identifies intraductal and cribriform growth patterns in prostate cancer. BJU Int 2019; 124:992-998. [DOI: 10.1111/bju.14812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Panu P. Tonttila
- Departments of Urology, Pathology and Radiology, and Medical Research Center Oulu; Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu; Oulu Finland
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- Departments of Urology, Pathology and Radiology, and Medical Research Center Oulu; Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu; Oulu Finland
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- Departments of Urology, Pathology and Radiology, and Medical Research Center Oulu; Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu; Oulu Finland
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- Departments of Urology, Pathology and Radiology, and Medical Research Center Oulu; Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu; Oulu Finland
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- Departments of Urology, Pathology and Radiology, and Medical Research Center Oulu; Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu; Oulu Finland
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- Departments of Urology, Pathology and Radiology, and Medical Research Center Oulu; Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu; Oulu Finland
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Kweldam CF, van Leenders GJ, van der Kwast T. Grading of prostate cancer: a work in progress. Histopathology 2019; 74:146-160. [PMID: 30565302 PMCID: PMC7380027 DOI: 10.1111/his.13767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Grading of prostate cancer has evolved substantially over time, not least because of major changes in diagnostic approach and concomitant shifts from late- to early-stage detection since the adoption of PSA testing from the late 1980s. After the conception of the architecture-based nine-tier Gleason grading system more than 50 years ago, several changes were made in order to increase its prognostic impact, to reduce interobserver variation and to improve concordance between prostate needle biopsy and radical prostatectomy grading. This eventually resulted in the current five-tier grading system, with a much more detailed description of the individual architectural patterns constituting the remaining three Gleason patterns (i.e. grades 3-5). Nevertheless, there is room for improvement. For instance, distinction of common grade 4 subpatterns such as ill-formed and fused glands from the grade 3 pattern is challenging, blurring the division between low-risk patients who could be eligible for deferred therapy and those who need curative therapy. The last few years have witnessed the publication of several studies on the prognostic impact of individual architectural subpatterns showing that, in particular, the cribriform pattern exceeded the prognostic impact of other grade 4 subpatterns. This review provides an overview of the changes in prostate cancer grading over time and provides a thorough description of the various Gleason subpatterns, the current evidence of their prognostic impact and areas of contention. Potential practical ways for improvements of the current grading system are also put forward.
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- C F Kweldam
- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Mannaerts CK, Kajtazovic A, Lodeizen OAP, Gayet M, Engelbrecht MRW, Jager GJ, Wijkstra H, de Reijke TM, Beerlage HP. The added value of systematic biopsy in men with suspicion of prostate cancer undergoing multiparametric MRI-targeted biopsy. Urol Oncol 2019; 37:298.e1-298.e9. [PMID: 30660493 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2019.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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PURPOSE Incorporation of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and targeted biopsy (TBx) in the diagnostic pathway for prostate cancer (CaP) is rapidly becoming common practice. In men with a prebiopsy positive mpMRI a TBx only approach, thereby omitting transrectal ultrasound-guided systematic biopsy (SBx), has been postulated. In this study we evaluated the additional clinical relevance of SBx in men with a positive prebiopsy mpMRI (Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System [PI-RADS] ≥ 3) undergoing TBx for CaP detection, Gleason grading and CaP localization. MATERIAL AND METHODS Prospective data of 255 consecutive men with a prebiopsy positive mpMRI (PI-RADS ≥ 3) undergoing 12-core SBx and subsequent MRI-transrectal ultrasound fusion TBx in 2 institutions between 2015 and 2018 was obtained. The detection rate for significant CaP (Gleason score [GS] ≥ 3 + 4) for TBx and SBx were compared. The rate of potentially missed significant CaP by a TBx only approach was determined and GS concordance and CaP localization by TBx and SBx was evaluated. RESULTS TBx yielded significant CaP in 113 men (44%) while SBx yielded significant CaP in 110 men (43%) (P = 0.856). Insignificant CaP was found in 21 men (8%) by TBx, while SBx detected 34 men (13%) with insignificant CaP (P = 0.035). A TBx only approach, omitting SBx, would have missed significant CaP in 13 of the 126 men (10%) with significant CaP on biopsy. Ten of the 118 men (8%), both positive on TBx and SBx, were upgraded in GS by SBx while 11 men (9%) had higher maximum tumor core involvement on SBx. Nineteen of the 97 men (20%) with significant CaP in both TBx and SBx were diagnosed with unilateral significant CaP on mpMRI and TBx while SBx demonstrated bilateral significant CaP. CONCLUSIONS In men with a prebiopsy positive mpMRI, TBx detects high-GS CaP while reducing insignificant CaP detection as compared to SBx. SBx and TBx as stand-alone missed significant CaP in 13% and 10% of the men with significant CaP on biopsy, respectively. A combination of SBx and TBx remains necessary for the most accurate assessment of detection, grading, tumor core involvement, and localization of CaP.
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- Christophe K Mannaerts
- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Urology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Verhoef EI, van Cappellen WA, Slotman JA, Kremers GJ, Ewing-Graham PC, Houtsmuller AB, van Royen ME, van Leenders GJLH. Three-dimensional analysis reveals two major architectural subgroups of prostate cancer growth patterns. Mod Pathol 2019; 32:1032-1041. [PMID: 30737469 PMCID: PMC6760644 DOI: 10.1038/s41379-019-0221-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The Gleason score is one of the most important parameters for therapeutic decision-making in prostate cancer patients. Gleason growth patterns are defined by their histological features on 4- to 5-µm cross sections, and little is known about their three-dimensional architecture. Our objective was to characterize the three-dimensional architecture of prostate cancer growth patterns. Intact tissue punches (n = 46) of representative Gleason growth patterns from radical prostatectomy specimens were fluorescently stained with antibodies targeting Keratin 8/18 and Keratin 5 for the detection of luminal and basal epithelial cells, respectively. Punches were optically cleared in benzyl alcohol-benzyl benzoate and imaged using a confocal laser scanning microscope up to a depth of 500 µm. Gleason pattern 3, poorly formed pattern 4, and cords pattern 5 all formed a continuum of interconnecting tubules in which the diameter of the structures and the lumen size decreased with higher grades. In fused pattern 4, the interconnections between the tubules were markedly closer together. In these patterns, all tumor cells were in direct contact with the surrounding stroma. In contrast, cribriform Gleason pattern 4 and solid pattern 5 demonstrated a three-dimensional continuum of contiguous tumor cells, in which the vast majority of cells had no contact with the surrounding stroma. Transitions between cribriform pattern 4 and solid pattern 5 were seen. There was a decrease in the number and size of intercellular lumens from cribriform to solid growth pattern. Glomeruloid pattern 4 formed an intermediate structure consisting of a tubular network with intraluminal epithelial protrusions close to the tubule splitting points. In conclusion, three-dimensional microscopy revealed two major architectural subgroups of prostate cancer growth patterns: (1) a tubular interconnecting network including Gleason pattern 3, poorly formed and fused Gleason pattern 4, and cords Gleason pattern 5, and (2) serpentine contiguous epithelial proliferations including cribriform Gleason pattern 4 and solid Gleason pattern 5.
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- Esther I. Verhoef
- 000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- 000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Optical Imaging Center, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- 000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Optical Imaging Center, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- 000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Optical Imaging Center, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- 000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- 000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Optical Imaging Center, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- 000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Optical Imaging Center, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- 000000040459992Xgrid.5645.2Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Iczkowski KA. Large-Gland Proliferations of the Prostate. Surg Pathol Clin 2018; 11:687-712. [PMID: 30447836 DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Large-gland proliferations of the prostate have gained considerable attention in the past decade. The differential diagnosis is quite broad but can be refined using histologic criteria and, sometimes, immunostains. Pathologists have come to realize that cribriform and intraductal as well as ductal carcinomas are particularly aggressive patterns, and should name them in diagnostic reporting when present.
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- Kenneth A Iczkowski
- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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Athanazio DA, Souza VC. Current topics on prostate and bladder pathology. SURGICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1186/s42047-018-0015-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Fine SW, Al-Ahmadie HA, Chen YB, Gopalan A, Tickoo SK, Reuter VE. Comedonecrosis Revisited: Strong Association With Intraductal Carcinoma of the Prostate. Am J Surg Pathol 2018; 42:1036-1041. [PMID: 29878934 PMCID: PMC6041141 DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000001104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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From the advent of the Gleason grading system for prostate cancer, cancer displaying intraluminal necrotic cells and/or karyorrhexis within cribriform/solid architecture, a phenomenon termed "comedonecrosis," has been assigned pattern 5. Intraductal carcinoma (IDC-P) shows morphologic overlap with high-grade cribriform/solid adenocarcinoma architecturally and cytologically and may also show central necrosis, yet due to the presence of basal cells at the duct periphery is not currently assigned a grade in clinical practice. On the basis of observations from routine clinical cases, we hypothesized that comedonecrosis was more significantly associated with IDC-P than invasive disease. From a large series of mapped radical prostatectomy specimens (n=933), we identified 125 high-grade (≥Gleason score 4+3=7), high-volume tumors with available slides for review. All slides were examined for the presence of unequivocal comedonecrosis. Standard immunohistochemistry for basal cell markers was performed to detect basal cell labeling in these foci. In total, 19 of 125 (15%) cases showed some ducts with comedonecrosis-9 cases with 1 focus and 10 cases with ≥2 foci; in all, a total of 73 foci of true comedonecrosis were evaluated. Immunohistochemical stains revealed labeling for basal cell markers in a basal cell distribution for at least some comedonecrosis foci in 18 of 19 (95%) cases, 12 with IDC-P exclusively and 6 with a mix of IDC-P and invasive carcinoma comedonecrosis foci. These results suggest that comedonecrosis is strongly associated with IDC-P and hence, the routine assignment of pattern 5 to carcinoma exhibiting comedonecrosis should be reconsidered.
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- Samson W. Fine
- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment in Biopsy-naïve Patients: The Rotterdam Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator in Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS) Fusion Biopsy and Systematic TRUS Biopsy. Eur Urol Oncol 2018; 1:109-117. [DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The present review describes recent changes in the histologic grading of prostatic adenocarcinoma and emerging data suggesting areas for further grade optimization. RECENT FINDINGS The grading of prostatic adenocarcinoma has evolved over time, and optimization for active surveillance management has been one major driving force. Recent changes include adoption of the Grade Group system, which stratifies patients into one of five prognostic groups. Although it provides clearer labels for patient understanding and defines a more homogenous low-risk group (i.e. Grade Group 1 of 5), emerging data suggest that further prognostic stratification may be achieved by incorporating other histologic findings. The impact of 'cribriform histology' and intraductal carcinoma as aggressive features of prostate cancer has gained significant recognition. Furthermore, quantifying the fraction of each individual Gleason pattern component may also add prognostic stratification. In addition to Gleason score and Grade Group, some institutions now identify and report high-risk histologic patterns (e.g. 'cribriform histology') and the percentage of Gleason pattern 4 on biopsies. While early in adoption, these additional features are being used to further stratify patients beyond the Grade Group system, particularly for patients with Grade Group 2 carcinomas. These histologic findings will likely be incorporated into future modifications of the grading system to further optimize patient stratification and ensure reporting consistency. SUMMARY The histologic evaluation of prostatic adenocarcinoma provides strong prognostic information for clinical management. The recent Grade Group system offers many improvements, but further optimization based on specific histologic patterns may evolve.
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Montironi R, Cimadamore A, Gasparrini S, Mazzucchelli R, Santoni M, Massari F, Cheng L, Lopez-Beltran A, Scarpelli M. Prostate cancer with cribriform morphology: diagnosis, aggressiveness, molecular pathology and possible relationships with intraductal carcinoma. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2018; 18:685-693. [PMID: 29699428 DOI: 10.1080/14737140.2018.1469406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The Gleason grading system is one of the most important prognostic factors in prostate cancer (PCa). From the 2005 to the 2014 conference organized by the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP), the histological criteria for the Gleason patterns were improved, resulting in the shrinkage of the Gleason pattern (GP) 3 and expansion of the GP 4. Areas Covered: Cribriform, fused, ill-defined and glomeruloid glands are part of the morphologic spectrum of the current GP 4. Cribriform, derived from the Latin word cribrum (i.e. sieve), was introduced by Gleason to describe glands composed of a solid sheet with perforations or lumina. Cribriform morphology has a worse prognosis compared with the other, non-cribriform, GP4 morphologies. A practical implication is that a cribriform growth precludes a patient from selecting an active surveillance (AS) protocol. Expert commentary: The presence of these four growth patterns should be incorporated into the current Grade Group (GG) system. Enhancing our understanding of cribriform tumor behavior will lead to correctly identifying and treating those patients that will die because of PCa, while sparing treatment in those who do not require it.
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- Rodolfo Montironi
- a Section of Pathological Anatomy , Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals , Ancona , Italy
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- a Section of Pathological Anatomy , Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals , Ancona , Italy
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- a Section of Pathological Anatomy , Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals , Ancona , Italy
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- a Section of Pathological Anatomy , Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals , Ancona , Italy
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- c Division of Oncology , S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital , Bologna , Italy
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- d Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Indiana University School of Medicine , Indianapolis , USA
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- a Section of Pathological Anatomy , Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals , Ancona , Italy
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The management of newly diagnosed prostate cancer is challenging because of its heterogeneity in histology, genetics and clinical outcome. The clinical outcome of patients with Gleason score 7 prostate cancer varies greatly. Improving risk assessment in this group is of particular interest, as Gleason score 7 prostate cancer on biopsy is an important clinical threshold for active treatment. Architecturally, four Gleason grade 4 growth patterns are recognized: ill-formed, fused, glomeruloid and cribriform. The aim of this review is to describe the role of cribriform growth in prostate cancer with respect to diagnosis, prognosis and molecular pathology. Secondly, we will discuss clinical applications for cribriform prostate cancer and give recommendations for future research.
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- Charlotte F Kweldam
- Department of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Pereira-Azevedo N, Verbeek JFM, Nieboer D, Bangma CH, Roobol MJ. Head-to-head comparison of prostate cancer risk calculators predicting biopsy outcome. Transl Androl Urol 2018; 7:18-26. [PMID: 29594016 PMCID: PMC5861294 DOI: 10.21037/tau.2017.12.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Background Multivariable risk calculators (RCs) predicting prostate cancer (PCa) aim to reduce unnecessary workup (e.g., MRI and biopsy) by selectively identifying those men at risk for PCa or clinically significant PCa (csPCa) (Gleason ≥7). The lack of an adequate comparison makes choosing between RCs difficult for patients, clinicians and guideline developers. We aim to perform a head-to-head comparison of seven well known RCs predicting biopsy outcome. Methods Our study comprised 7,119 men from ten independent contemporary cohorts in Europe and Australia, who underwent prostate biopsy between 2007 and 2015. We evaluated the performance of the ERSPC RPCRC, Finne, Chun, ProstataClass, Karakiewicz, Sunnybrook, and PCPT 2.0 (HG) RCs in predicting the presence of any PCa and csPCa. Performance was assessed by discrimination, calibration and net benefit analyses. Results A total of 3,458 (48%) PCa were detected; 1,784 (25%) men had csPCa. No particular RC stood out predicting any PCa: pooled area under the ROC-curve (AUC) ranged between 0.64 and 0.72. The ERSPC RPCRC had the highest pooled AUC 0.77 (95% CI: 0.73–0.80) when predicting csPCa. Decision curve analysis (DCA) showed limited net benefit in the detection of csPCa, but that can be improved by a simple calibration step. The main limitation is the retrospective design of the study. Conclusions No particular RC stands out when predicting biopsy outcome on the presence of any PCa. The ERSPC RPCRC is superior in identifying those men at risk for csPCa. Net benefit analyses show that a multivariate approach before further workup is advisable.
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- Nuno Pereira-Azevedo
- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Urology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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