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Langlais CS, Graff RE, Van Blarigan EL, Neuhaus JM, Cowan JE, Broering JM, Carroll P, Kenfield SA, Chan JM. Post-diagnostic health behaviour scores and risk of prostate cancer progression and mortality. Br J Cancer 2023; 129:346-355. [PMID: 37217583 PMCID: PMC10338438 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-023-02283-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Individual behaviours are associated with prostate cancer (PC) progression. Behavioural scores, comprised of multiple risk factors, allow assessment of the combined impact of multiple behaviours. METHODS We examined the association between six a priori scores and risk of PC progression and mortality among 2156 men with PC in the Cancer of the Prostate Strategic Urologic Research Endeavor (CaPSURE) cohort: two scores developed based on the PC survivorship literature ('2021 Score [+ Diet]'); a score developed based on pre-diagnostic PC literature ('2015 Score'); and three scores based on US recommendations for cancer prevention ('WCRF/AICR Score') and survival ('ACS Score [+ Alcohol]'). Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated for progression and PC mortality via parametric survival models (interval censoring) and Cox models, respectively. RESULTS Over a median (IQR) of 6.4 (1.3, 13.7) years, we observed 192 progression and 73 PC mortality events. Higher (i.e., healthier) 2021 Score + Diet and WCRF/AICR Scores were inversely associated with risk of PC progression (2021 + Diet: HRcontinuous = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.63-0.90. WCRF/AICR HRcontinuous = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.67-1.02) and mortality (2021 + Diet: HRcontinuous = 0.65, 95% CI: 0.45-0.93. WCRF/AICR HRcontinuous = 0.71; 95% CI: 0.57-0.89). The ACS Score + Alcohol was only associated with progression (HRcontinuous = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.81-0.98) while the 2021 Score was only associated with PC mortality (HRcontinuous = 0.62, 95% CI: 0.45-0.85). The 2015 was not associated with PC progression or mortality. CONCLUSION Findings strengthen the evidence that behavioural modifications following a prostate cancer diagnosis may improve clinical outcomes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Crystal S Langlais
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- IQVIA, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 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 Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Graff RE, Langlais CS, Van Blarigan EL, Pernar CH, Stampfer MJ, Giovannucci EL, Mucci LA, Chan JM, Kenfield SA. Post-diagnostic health behaviour scores in relation to fatal prostate cancer. Br J Cancer 2022; 127:1670-1679. [PMID: 36028533 PMCID: PMC9596495 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-022-01948-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Individual health behaviours have been associated with fatal prostate cancer (PCa). Their combined association with fatal PCa after diagnosis is unknown. METHODS This prospective cohort included 4518 men diagnosed with nonmetastatic PCa from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Exposures included a three-factor score integrating post-diagnostic fatal PCa risk factors ("2021 PCa Behaviour Score"), six-factor score integrating incident aggressive PCa risk factors ("2015 PCa Behaviour Score"), and two scores integrating recommendations for cancer prevention and survival, respectively. Multivariable Cox models estimated hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for fatal PCa. RESULTS Over a median 10.2 years, we observed 219 PCa deaths. Each additional point of one of the PCa-specific health behaviour scores (2015 PCa Behaviour Score) was associated with a 19% reduced fatal PCa risk (HR: 0.81, 95%CI: 0.68-0.97). The 2021 PCa Behaviour Score and scores integrating national recommendations were not associated with fatal PCa. CONCLUSIONS While a PCa-specific health behaviour score was associated with a reduced risk of fatal PCa, we did not otherwise observe strong evidence of associations between post-diagnostic scores and fatal PCa. Avoiding tobacco, healthy body size, and physical activity may decrease PCa death risk, but further research is needed to inform cancer survivorship recommendations.
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- Rebecca E Graff
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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The Impact of Body Mass Index on Freedom From Therapeutic Intervention and Quality of Life in Active Surveillance Prostate Cancer Patients. Am J Clin Oncol 2021; 44:429-433. [PMID: 34091475 DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000000839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on overall survival, freedom from distant metastases, rates of therapeutic intervention (TI), and quality of life (QOL) in active surveillance (AS) prostate cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three hundred forty consecutive, prospectively evaluated AS patients underwent a staging transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy before AS enrollment and were stratified by BMI (<25, 25 to 29.9, 30 to 34.9, and >35 kg/m2). Evaluated outcomes included overall survival, freedom from distant metastases, TI, QOL to include urinary, bowel, sexual function and depression and serial postvoid residual urine measurements. The relationship between BMI and anterior prostate cancer distribution was evaluated. Repeat biopsy was based on prostate specific antigen kinetics, abnormal digital rectal examination and patient preference. RESULTS Of the 340 patients, 323 (95%) were Gleason 3+3 and 17 patients (5.0%) were Gleason 3+4. The median follow-up was 5.2 years (range: 1 to 14 y). At 10 years, TI was instituted in 4.7%, 2.2%, 9.5%, and 25.0% of patients in BMI cohorts <25, 25 to 29.9, 30 to 34.9, and ≥35 (P=0.075). No patient has developed distant metastases. The median time to TI was 4.86 years. In multivariate analysis, TI was most closely predicted by prostate specific antigen density (P=0.071). At 8 years, no statistical differences in urinary function, bowel function, depression or postvoid residual were noted. However, a trend for erectile dysfunction was identified (P=0.106). CONCLUSION At 10 years, BMI did not statistically predict for TI, geographic distribution of prostate cancer or QOL parameters.
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Favorable intermediate risk prostate cancer with biopsy Gleason score of 6. BMC Urol 2021; 21:52. [PMID: 33820533 PMCID: PMC8022526 DOI: 10.1186/s12894-021-00827-2] [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] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To identify potential prognostic factors among patients with favorable intermediate risk prostate cancer with a biopsy Gleason score 6. METHODS From 2003 to 2019, favorable intermediate risk patients who underwent radical prostatectomy were included in this study. All patients were evaluated preoperatively with MRI. Using PI-RADS scores, patients were divided into two groups, and clinic-pathological outcomes were compared. The impact of preoperative factors on significant pathologic Gleason score upgrading (≥ 4 + 3) and biochemical recurrence were assessed via multivariate analysis. Subgroup analysis was performed in patients with PI-RADS ≤ 2. RESULTS Among the 239 patients, 116 (48.5%) were MRI-negative (PI-RADS ≤ 3) and 123 (51.5%) were MRI-positive (PI-RADS > 3). Six patients in the MRI-negative group (5.2%) were characterized as requiring significant pathologic Gleason score upgrading compared with 34 patients (27.6%) in the MRI-positive group (p < 0.001). PI-RADS score was shown to be a significant predictor of significant pathologic Gleason score upgrading (OR = 6.246, p < 0.001) and biochemical recurrence (HR = 2.595, p = 0.043). 10-years biochemical recurrence-free survival was estimated to be 84.4% and 72.6% in the MRI-negative and MRI-positive groups (p = 0.035). In the 79 patients with PI-RADS ≤ 2, tumor length in biopsy cores was identified as a significant predictor of pathologic Gleason score (OR = 11.336, p = 0.014). CONCLUSIONS Among the patients with favorable intermediate risk prostate cancer with a biopsy Gleason score 6, preoperative MRI was capable of predicting significant pathologic Gleason score upgrading and biochemical recurrence. Especially, the patients with PI-RADS ≤ 2 and low biopsy tumor length could be a potential candidate to active surveillance.
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Langlais CS, Graff RE, Van Blarigan EL, Palmer NR, Washington SL, Chan JM, Kenfield SA. Post-Diagnostic Dietary and Lifestyle Factors and Prostate Cancer Recurrence, Progression, and Mortality. Curr Oncol Rep 2021; 23:37. [PMID: 33689041 PMCID: PMC7946660 DOI: 10.1007/s11912-021-01017-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This study aimed to summarize evidence published between 1999 and June 2020 examining diet and lifestyle after prostate cancer (PC) diagnosis in relation to risk of biochemical recurrence, PC progression, and PC-specific mortality. RECENT FINDINGS Secondary prevention is an important research area in cancer survivorship. A growing number of studies have reported associations between post-diagnostic modifiable behaviors and risk of PC outcomes. Evidence on modifiable lifestyle factors and PC remains limited. Where multiple studies exist, findings are often mixed. However, studies consistently suggest that smoking and consumption of whole milk/high-fat dairy are associated with higher risk of PC recurrence and mortality. In addition, physical activity and ½ to 1 glass of red wine/day have been associated with lower risk of recurrence and PC-specific mortality. Greater inclusion of racially/ethnically diverse groups in future research is necessary to understand these relationships in populations most impacted by adverse PC outcomes.
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- Crystal S Langlais
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Schenk JM, Neuhouser ML, Beatty SJ, VanDoren M, Lin DW, Porter M, Gore JL, Gulati R, Plymate SR, Wright JL. Randomized trial evaluating the role of weight loss in overweight and obese men with early stage prostate Cancer on active surveillance: Rationale and design of the Prostate Cancer Active Lifestyle Study (PALS). Contemp Clin Trials 2019; 81:34-39. [PMID: 31002955 PMCID: PMC6527481 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2019.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Active surveillance (AS) is increasingly used to monitor patients with low-risk prostate cancer; however, approximately 50% of AS patients experience disease reclassification requiring definitive treatment and little is known about patient characteristics that modify the risk of reclassification. Obesity may be one of the major contributing factors. The Prostate Cancer Active Lifestyle Study (PALS) is a clinical trial evaluating the impact of weight loss among overweight/obese (Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2) men with clinically localized prostate cancer on AS. Two hundred participants will be randomized to either the PALS intervention, a 6-month structured diet and exercise program adapted from the Diabetes Prevention Program followed by 6 months of maintenance, or control (general diet and physical activity guidelines delivered in a single session). The PALS intervention involves one-on-one instruction with a registered dietitian and exercise physiologist to achieve the study goal of loss of 7% of baseline weight. Participation is coordinated so that the 6-month time point coincides with the participants' standard-of-care AS prostate biopsy. Primary outcomes will evaluate the intervention effects on circulating and tissue markers of glucose and insulin regulation, health-related quality of life and pathologic upgrading on follow-up prostate biopsies. Additional analyses will determine whether changes in weight and glucose regulation can be sustained for 6 months after the end of instruction. Findings from this trial may have wide reaching implications for men diagnosed with clinically-localized prostate cancer by providing an active lifestyle-based approach to improve prostate cancer patient outcomes.
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States; University of Washington, United States
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- Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, United States; University of Washington, United States
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States; Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, United States; University of Washington, United States
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Höffkes F, Arthanareeswaran VKA, Stolzenburg JU, Ganzer R. Rate of misclassification in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy but fulfilling active surveillance criteria according to the European Association of Urology guidelines on prostate cancer: a high-volume center experience. MINERVA UROL NEFROL 2018; 70:588-593. [DOI: 10.23736/s0393-2249.18.03126-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Rebbeck TR. Prostate Cancer Disparities by Race and Ethnicity: From Nucleotide to Neighborhood. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2018; 8:a030387. [PMID: 29229666 PMCID: PMC6120694 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a030387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Prostate cancer (CaP) incidence, morbidity, and mortality rates vary substantially by race and ethnicity, with African American men experiencing among the highest CaP rates in the world. The causes of these disparities are multifactorial and complex, and likely involve differences in access to screening and treatment, exposure to CaP risk factors, variation in genomic susceptibility, and other biological factors. To date, the proportion of CaP that can be explained by environmental exposures is small and differences in the role factors play by race or ethnicity is poorly understood. In the absence of additional data, it is likely that environmental factors do not contribute greatly to CaP disparities. In contrast, CaP has one of the highest heritabilities of all major cancers and many CaP susceptibility genes have been identified. Some CaP loci, including the risk loci found at chromosome 8q24, have consistent effects in all racial/ethnic groups studied to date. However, replication of many susceptibility loci across race or ethnicity remains limited. It is likely that inequities in health care access strongly influences CaP disparities. CaP is a disease with a complex multifactorial etiology, and therefore any approach attempting to address racial/ethnic disparities in CaP must consider the many sources that influence risk, outcomes, and disparities.
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- Timothy R Rebbeck
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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Wallace TJ, Qian J, Avital I, Bay C, Man YG, Wellman LL, Moskaluk C, Troyer D, Ramnani D, Stojadinovic A. Technical Feasibility of Tissue Microarray (TMA) Analysis of Tumor-Associated Immune Response in Prostate Cancer. J Cancer 2018; 9:2191-2202. [PMID: 29937939 PMCID: PMC6010688 DOI: 10.7150/jca.22846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Introduction: The androgen receptor (AR) regulates immune-related epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and prostate cancer (PCa) metastasis. Primary tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) [CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ TILs] are potential prognostic indicators in PCa, and variations may contribute to racial disparities in tumor biology and PCa outcomes. Aim: To assess the technical feasibility of tumor microarray (TMA)-based methods to perform multi-marker TIL profiling in primary resected PCa. Methods: Paraffin-embedded tissue cores of histopathologically-confirmed primary PCa (n = 40; 1 TMA tissue specimen loss) were arrayed in triplicate on TMAs. Expression profiles of AR, CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ TILs in normal prostate, and the center and periphery of both the tumor-dominant nodule and highest Gleason grade were detected by IHC and associated with clinical and pathological data using standard statistical methodology. An independent pathologist, blinded to the clinical data, scored all samples (percent and intensity of positive cells). Results: TMAs were constructed from 21 (53.8%) Black and 18 (46.2%) White males with completely-resected, primarily pT2 stage PCa [pT2a (n = 3; 7.7%); pT2b (n = 2; 5.1%); pT2c (n = 27; 69.2%); pT3a (n = 5; 12.8%); mean pre-op PSA = 8.17 ng/ml]. The CD3, CD4, CD8, and CD8/CD3 cellular protein expression differed from normal in the periphery of the dominant nodule, the center of the highest Gleason grade, and the periphery of the highest Gleason grade (P < 0.05). Correlations between TIL expression in the center and periphery of the dominant nodule, with corresponding center and periphery of the highest Gleason grade, respectively, were robust, and the magnitude of these correlations differed markedly by race (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Multi-marker (AR, CD3, CD4, CD8) profiling with IHC analysis of TMAs consisting of primary, non-metastatic resected prostate cancer is technically feasible in this pilot study. Future studies will evaluate primary tumor immunoscore using semi-quantitative, IHC-based methodology to assess differences in the spectrum, quantity, and/or localization of TILs, and to gain insights into racial disparities in PCa tumor biology and clinical outcomes.
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- Virginia Urology, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A
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- Soroka University Center for Advanced Cancer Care, Ber Sheva, Israel
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- A.T. Still University, Mesa, Arizona, U.S.A
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- National Medical Centre of Colorectal Disease, Third Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Nanjing, China
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A
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- Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A
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Jones C, Fam MM, Davies BJ. Expanded criteria for active surveillance in prostate cancer: a review of the current data. Transl Androl Urol 2018; 7:221-227. [PMID: 29732280 PMCID: PMC5911537 DOI: 10.21037/tau.2017.08.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Over the last ten years, active surveillance (AS) has become increasingly utilized for patients with low-risk prostate cancer. Appropriately selected AS patients have a 10-year prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM) approaching 99%. Therefore, some institutions have expanded the inclusion criteria for AS to avoid the unnecessary morbidity associated with overtreatment. In this review, data from several high-quality studies were compiled to demonstrate how AS inclusion criteria may be safely expanded. Although AS criteria, data reporting, and statistical methods were heterogeneous across studies, several findings were consistent and provided insight for clinical practice. Gleason score ≥3+4 and prostate specific antigen density (PSAd) ≥0.15 ng/mL were consistently associated poor oncologic outcomes [biopsy reclassification/progression, adverse pathology at prostatectomy, biochemical recurrence (BCR), and PCSM]. Maximum single-core involvement, number of positive cores, and clinical stage were not consistently associated with negative outcomes. These data support the safety of expanded AS inclusion criteria beyond Epstein’s very low-risk (VLR) criteria to include patients with clinical stage T2, up to 60% maximum core involvement, and up to 4 positive cores (Gleason 3+3 and ≤ PSAd 0.15 ng/mL). Furthermore, although it is clear that patients with intermediate-risk disease have poorer oncologic outcomes compared to low-risk, the absolute 10-year PCSM remains low and select patients may be optimally managed with AS. Although AS utilization is increasing, many men who might be safely managed with AS are still undergoing morbid and unnecessary definitive treatments. Further research into clinical parameters such as multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and genetic testing is required to improve the accuracy of patient stratification.
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- Cameron Jones
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Komisarenko M, Martin LJ, Finelli A. Active surveillance review: contemporary selection criteria, follow-up, compliance and outcomes. Transl Androl Urol 2018; 7:243-255. [PMID: 29732283 PMCID: PMC5911534 DOI: 10.21037/tau.2018.03.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The primary goal of active surveillance (AS) is to prevent overtreatment by selecting patients with low-risk prostate cancer (PCa) and closely monitoring them so that definitive treatment can be offered when needed. With the increasing popularity of AS as a management strategy for men with localized PCa, it is important to understand all the contemporary guidelines and criteria that exist for AS and the differences among them. No single optimal management strategy for clinically localized, early-stage disease has been universally accepted. The implementation of AS varies widely between institutions, from inclusion criteria to follow-up protocols, with the most notable differences seen in maximum accepted Gleason score, T-stage and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) parameters. The objectives of this review were to systematically summarize the current literature on AS strategy, present an overview of the various published guidelines and criteria that are used for AS at several major institutions as well as discuss goals and trade-offs of the various criteria. A comprehensive search of the PubMed and Embase databases from 1990 to 2017 was performed to identify studies pertaining to AS criteria and trends. Trends in AS uptake and use in Canada, USA and Europe were reviewed to demonstrate the current trends and outcomes of AS to offer greater insight into the differences, nature and efficacy of various AS protocols. AS is a compelling antidote to the current PCa overtreatment phenomena; however, when considering patients for AS it is important to understand the differences between protocols, and review published results to appreciate the impact on follow-up.
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- Maria Komisarenko
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Comparison of Pathological and Oncologic Outcomes of Favorable Risk Gleason Score 3 + 4 and Low Risk Gleason Score 6 Prostate Cancer: Considerations for Active Surveillance. J Urol 2017; 199:1188-1195. [PMID: 29225057 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.11.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Recent NCCN® (National Comprehensive Cancer Network®) Guidelines® show that patients with biopsy Gleason score 3 + 4/Grade Group 2 but otherwise favorable features are active surveillance candidates. However, little is known about the long-term outcomes compared to that in men in the low risk Gleason score 6/Grade Group 1 group. We sought to clarify the risk of adverse features and oncologic outcomes in surgically treated, favorable Grade Group 2 vs 1 cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS We queried our prospectively maintained radical prostatectomy database for all 8,095 patients with biopsy Grade Group 1 or 2 prostate cancer who otherwise fulfilled the NCCN low risk definition of prostate specific antigen less than 10 ng/ml and cT2a or less, and who underwent radical prostatectomy from 1987 to 2014. Multivariable logistic regression and Kaplan-Meier methods were used to compare pathological and oncologic outcomes. RESULTS Organ confined disease was present in 93.9% and 82.6% of Grade Group 1 and favorable intermediate risk Grade Group 2 cases while seminal vesicle invasion was noted in 1.7% and 4.7%, and nodal disease was noted in 0.3% and 1.8%, respectively (all p <0.0001). On multivariable logistic regression biopsy proven Grade Group 2 disease was associated with a threefold greater risk of nonorgan confined disease (OR 3.1, 95% CI 1.7-5.7, p <0.001). The incidence of late treatment (more than 90 days from surgery) in Grade Group 1 vs 2 was 3.1% vs 8.5% for hormonal therapy and 6.0% vs 12.2% for radiation (p <0.001). In the Grade Group 1 vs 2 cohorts the 10-year biochemical recurrence-free survival rate was 88.9% vs 81.2% and the 10-year systemic progression-free survival rate was 99% vs 96.5% (each p <0.001). CONCLUSIONS Men at favorable risk with Grade Group 2 disease who are considering active surveillance should be informed of the risks of harboring adverse pathological features which impact secondary therapies and an increased risk of cancer progression.
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Freedland AR, Freedland SJ. Among Active Surveillance Candidates does Obesity Influence Tumor Aggressiveness and/or Location? J Urol 2017; 198:4-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.04.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Alexis R. Freedland
- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery and Center for Integrated Research on Cancer and Lifestyle, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Oh JJ, Park S, Lee SE, Hong SK, Lee S, Kim TJ, Lee IJ, Ho JN, Yoon S, Byun SS. Genetic risk score to predict biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy in prostate cancer: prospective cohort study. Oncotarget 2017; 8:75979-75988. [PMID: 29100285 PMCID: PMC5652679 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Purpose To investigate the genetic risk score (GRS) from a large-scale exome-wide association study as a tool of prediction for biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP) in prostate cancer (PCa). Results The 16 SNPs were selected as significant predictors of BCR. The GRS in men experiencing BCR was -1.21, significantly higher than in non-BCR patients (–2.43) (p < 0.001). The 10-year BCR-free survival rate was 46.3% vs. 81.8% in the high-versus low GRS group, respectively (p < 0.001). The GRS was a significant factor after adjusting for other variables in Cox proportional hazard models (HR:1.630, p < 0.001). The predictive ability of the multivariate model without GRS was 84.4%, increased significantly to 88.0% when GRS was included (p = 0.0026). Materials and Methods Total 912 PCa patients were enrolled who had received RP and genotype analysis using Exome chip (HumanExome BeadChip). Genetic results were obtained by the methods of logistic regression analysis which measured the odds ratio (OR) to BCR. The GRS was calculated by the sum of each weighted-risk allele count multiplied by the natural logarithm of the respective ORs. Survival analyses were performed using the GRS. We compared the accuracy of separate multivariate models incorporating clinicopathological factors that either included or excluded the GRS. Conclusions GRS had additional predictive gain of BCR after RP in PCa. The addition of personally calculated GRS significantly increased the BCR prediction rate. After validation of these results, GRS of BCR could be potential biomarker to predict clinical outcomes.
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- Jong Jin Oh
- Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.,School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.,Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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Gökce MI, Sundi D, Schaeffer E, Pettaway C. Is active surveillance a suitable option for African American men with prostate cancer? A systemic literature review. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2017; 20:127-136. [DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2016.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Leapman MS, Freedland SJ, Aronson WJ, Kane CJ, Terris MK, Walker K, Amling CL, Carroll PR, Cooperberg MR. Pathological and Biochemical Outcomes among African-American and Caucasian Men with Low Risk Prostate Cancer in the SEARCH Database: Implications for Active Surveillance Candidacy. J Urol 2016; 196:1408-1414. [PMID: 27352635 PMCID: PMC5542578 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.06.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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PURPOSE Racial disparities in the incidence and risk profile of prostate cancer at diagnosis among African-American men are well reported. However, it remains unclear whether African-American race is independently associated with adverse outcomes in men with clinical low risk disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the records of 895 men in the SEARCH (Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital) database in whom clinical low risk prostate cancer was treated with radical prostatectomy. Associations of African-American and Caucasian race with pathological biochemical recurrence outcomes were examined using chi-square, logistic regression, log rank and Cox proportional hazards analyses. RESULTS We identified 355 African-American and 540 Caucasian men with low risk tumors in the SEARCH cohort who were followed a median of 6.3 years. Following adjustment for relevant covariates African-American race was not significantly associated with pathological upgrading (OR 1.33, p = 0.12), major upgrading (OR 0.58, p = 0.10), up-staging (OR 1.09, p = 0.73) or positive surgical margins (OR 1.04, p = 0.81). Five-year recurrence-free survival rates were 73.4% in African-American men and 78.4% in Caucasian men (log rank p = 0.18). In a Cox proportional hazards analysis model African-American race was not significantly associated with biochemical recurrence (HR 1.11, p = 0.52). CONCLUSIONS In a cohort of patients at clinical low risk who were treated with prostatectomy in an equal access health system with a high representation of African-American men we observed no significant differences in the rates of pathological upgrading, up-staging or biochemical recurrence. These data support continued use of active surveillance in African-American men. Upgrading and up-staging remain concerning possibilities for all men regardless of race.
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- Michael S Leapman
- Department of Urology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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- Department of Urology, University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Urology, University of California-San Diego Health System, San Diego, California
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- Department of Urology, Georgia Regents Health System, Augusta, Georgia
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- Department of Urology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Urology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Urology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Vidal AC, Freedland SJ. Obesity and Prostate Cancer: A Focused Update on Active Surveillance, Race, and Molecular Subtyping. Eur Urol 2016; 72:78-83. [PMID: 27771128 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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CONTEXT In 2012, we published a detailed review on obesity and prostate cancer. Since then, new studies have brought further understanding regarding the role of obesity in selecting active surveillance candidates, and differing associations between obesity and prostate cancer as a function of race and molecular subtype of prostate cancer. OBJECTIVE To review new manuscripts on these new concepts for which there were limited data before 2012. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A PubMed search from July 2012 to March 2016 was performed using the terms "prostate cancer" and "obesity". Of 450 articles, we included 15 related to these three topics. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Among men on active surveillance or candidates for active surveillance, multiple studies suggest that the risk of upgrading is higher for obese men. No study has shown long-term oncologic differences, and the risk of prostate cancer mortality remains low. One study suggested that the link between obesity and prostate cancer risk is stronger among black men; however, other studies found that obesity is correlated with aggressive disease regardless of race. Two studies found that the associations between obesity and prostate cancer (ie, fewer low-grade cancers and yet more aggressive cancers) was limited to men with TMPRSS2-ERG-positive tumors. CONCLUSIONS The past 4 yr has seen much new work on the obesity-prostate cancer link. If confirmed in other studies, these findings provide novel insights into not only the link between obesity and prostate cancer but also prostate cancer biology in general. PATIENT SUMMARY While their outcomes may be slightly worse, obese men with localized prostate cancer should not be discouraged from active surveillance. Early studies suggest there may be subtypes of patients in whom obesity is more strongly linked to aggressive disease.
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- Adriana C Vidal
- Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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The impact of body mass index on treatment outcomes for patients with low-intermediate risk prostate cancer. BMC Cancer 2016; 16:557. [PMID: 27473687 PMCID: PMC4966583 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2572-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Little is known about the relationship between preoperative body mass index and need for adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) following radical prostatectomy. The goal of this study was to evaluate the utility of body mass index in predicting adverse clinical outcomes which require adjuvant RT among men with organ-confined prostate cancer (PCa). Methods We used a prospective cohort of 1,170 low-intermediate PCa risk men who underwent radical prostatectomy and evaluated the effect of body mass index on adverse pathologic features and freedom from biochemical failure (FFbF). Clinical and pathologic variables were compared across the body mass index groups using an analysis of variance model for continuous variables or χ2 for categorical variables. Factors related to adverse pathologic features were examined using logistic regression models. Time to biochemical recurrence was compared across the groups using a log-rank survivorship analysis. Multivariable analysis predicting biochemical recurrence was conducted with a Cox proportional hazards model. Results Patients with elevated body mass index (defined as body mass index ≥25 kg/m2) had greater extraprostatic extension (p = 0.004), and positive surgical margins (p = 0.01). Elevated body mass index did not correlate with preoperative risk groupings (p = 0.94). However, when compared with non-obese patients (body mass index <30 kg/m2), obese patients (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2) were much more likely to have higher rate of adverse pathologic features (p = 0.006). In patients with low- and intermediate- risk disease, obesity was strongly associated with rate of pathologic upgrading of tumors (p = 0.01 and p = 0.02), respectively. After controlling for known preoperative risk factors, body mass index was independently associated with ≥2 adverse pathologic features (p = 0.002), an indicator for adjuvant RT as well as FFbF (p = 0.001). Conclusions Body mass index of ≥30 kg/m2 is independently associated with adverse pathologic features, which is an indicator for additional RT, particularly in patients with low-intermediate risk disease. Future studies may determine if this select group of patients may be best treated with definitive RT to reduce toxicity from additional RT following radical prostatectomy. We propose including body mass index in clinical decision-making for appropriate treatment recommendation for patients with low-intermediate risk PCa.
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Komisarenko M, Timilshina N, Richard PO, Alibhai SMH, Hamilton R, Kulkarni G, Zlotta A, Fleshner N, Finelli A. Stricter Active Surveillance Criteria for Prostate Cancer do Not Result in Significantly Better Outcomes: A Comparison of Contemporary Protocols. J Urol 2016; 196:1645-1650. [PMID: 27350077 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.06.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE We reviewed various existing active surveillance criteria and determined the competing trade-offs of the stricter vs more inclusive active surveillance criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS Men enrolled in an active surveillance program at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre between 1998 and 2014 were identified through a prospectively maintained database. All patients were assessed for entry eligibility into the Prostate Cancer Research International: Active Surveillance, Johns Hopkins, University of Miami, University of California San Francisco, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of Toronto-Sunnybrook and Royal Marsden protocols. The 2-sided t-test, ANOVA, Wilcoxon rank sum or chi-square tests were used for comparison as appropriate. RESULTS Of the 1,365 men identified 1,085 met the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre inclusion criteria. When the Johns Hopkins, Prostate Cancer Research International: Active Surveillance and University of Miami criteria were applied 15.2%, 11.5% and 11.3% of these patients were excluded from active surveillance, respectively. No significant differences were noted between men who met the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre criteria and those who were excluded based on more stringent criteria when grade or volume reclassification was compared. No significant differences in prostate specific antigen velocity or the number of patients who proceeded to seek treatment were noted (p >0.1). Rates of biochemical recurrence among patients who chose to undergo radical prostatectomy after initial active surveillance were not different between men who met the more inclusive vs more exclusive active surveillance protocols. CONCLUSIONS More selective criteria do not significantly improve short-term outcomes when considering the relative risk of grade reclassification or biochemical failure after treatment. In an era of increased awareness regarding the over diagnosis and overtreatment of prostate cancer, we believe that stricter entry criteria should be reconsidered.
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- Maria Komisarenko
- Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Tumor volume improves the long-term prediction of biochemical recurrence-free survival after radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer with positive surgical margins. World J Urol 2016; 35:199-206. [PMID: 27260503 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-016-1861-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To develop a novel application evaluating the effect of tumor volume (TV) and percentage of high-grade tumor volume (%HGTV) on long-term biochemical recurrence-free survival rate (BCRFS) after radical prostatectomy (RP) in patients with pT2 PCa. METHODS Retrospective analysis of 903 men with pT2 PCa between 1992 and 2004 at a single European tertiary care center was performed. Cox regression models identified risk factors for BCR. A nomogram was developed to predict the BCRFS at 5, 10 and 15 years after RP. Decision curve analyses were performed to identify the net increase in cases identified by the full model. RESULTS BCR-free survival rates at 5, 10 and 15 years were 94, 90 and 86 %. In Cox regression analyses, TV, %HGTV and positive surgical margin status (SM) were independent predictors of BCR. Predictive accuracies (PA) at 5, 10 and 15 years of the base model (PSA, Gleason score, SM) were 76.8 % (95 % CI 67.9-78.2 %), 70.5 % (95 % CI 64.9-75.0 %) and 68.1 % (95 % CI 60.6-73.5 %). The full model, including TV and %HGTV, achieved 76.9, 72.4 and 70.7 %. These PA differences were statistically significant at 10 and 15 years (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS TV and %HGTV could potentially serve as valuable measures to stratify patients at high risk of BCR. The use of our nomogram should be considered to counsel patients with pT2 disease and SM and to design appropriate follow-up or treatment regimens.
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Predictive Factors for Reclassification and Relapse in Prostate Cancer Eligible for Active Surveillance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Urology 2016; 91:136-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chung MS, Lee SH. Current status of active surveillance in prostate cancer. Investig Clin Urol 2016; 57:14-20. [PMID: 26966722 PMCID: PMC4778755 DOI: 10.4111/icu.2016.57.1.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Active surveillance (AS) is a management strategy involving close monitoring the course of disease with the expectation to intervene if the cancer progress, in a super-selected group of low-risk prostate cancer (PCa) patients. Determining AS candidates should be based on careful individualized weighing of numerous factors: life expectancy, general health condition, disease characteristics, potential side effects of treatment, and patient preference. Several protocols have been developed to determine insignificant PCa for choosing ideal AS candidates. Results regarding disease reclassification during AS have been also reported. In an effort to enhance accuracy during selection of AS candidate, there were several reports on using magnetic resonance imaging for prediction of insignificant PCa. Currently, there is an urgent need for further clinical studies regarding the criteria for recommending AS, the criteria for reclassification on AS, and the schedule for AS. Considering the racial differences in behavior of PCa between Western and Asian populations, more stringent AS protocols for Asian patients should be established from additional, well-designed, large clinical studies.
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- Mun Su Chung
- Department of Urology, Catholic Kwandong University, International St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Men of African origin are disproportionately affected by prostate cancer: prostate cancer incidence is highest among men of African origin in the USA, prostate cancer mortality is highest among men of African origin in the Caribbean, and tumour stage and grade at diagnosis are highest among men in sub-Saharan Africa. Socioeconomic, educational, cultural, and genetic factors, as well as variations in care delivery and treatment selection, contribute to this cancer disparity. Emerging data on single-nucleotide-polymorphism patterns, epigenetic changes, and variations in fusion-gene products among men of African origin add to the understanding of genetic differences underlying this disease. On the diagnosis of prostate cancer, when all treatment options are available, men of African origin are more likely to choose radiation therapy or to receive no definitive treatment than white men. Among men of African origin undergoing surgery, increased rates of biochemical recurrence have been identified. Understanding differences in the cancer-survivorship experience and quality-of-life outcomes among men of African origin are critical to appropriately counsel patients and improve cultural sensitivity. Efforts to curtail prostate cancer screening will likely affect men of African origin disproportionately and widen the racial disparity of disease.
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Kang HW, Lee JY, Kwon JK, Jeh SU, Jung HD, Cho KS, Ham WS, Choi YD. Pathologic Outcomes in Men with Low-risk Prostate Cancer Who Are Potential Candidates for Contemporary, Active Surveillance Protocols. J Korean Med Sci 2015; 30:932-6. [PMID: 26130957 PMCID: PMC4479948 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2015.30.7.932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether contemporary active surveillance (AS) protocols could sufficiently discriminate significant from indolent tumors in men with low-risk prostate cancer. We retrospectively analyzed 312 patients with low-risk prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy. After exclusion of patients with fewer than 10 cores taken at biopsy and those who received neo-adjuvant treatment, 205 subjects satisfied the final inclusion criteria. Five widely accepted AS protocols were employed in this study. A total of 82.0% of the patients met the inclusion criteria of at least one protocol, and 18% did not meet any criteria of published AS protocols. A significant proportion of patients had non-organ-confined disease (8.6% to 10.6%) or a Gleason score of 7 or greater (18.6% to 23.9%) between the different AS criteria. Among patients who did not meet any AS criteria, 32.4% of patients had a pathologically insignificant cancer. Our results indicated a significant adverse pathology in patients who met the contemporary AS protocols. On the other hand, some patients in whom expectant management would be appropriate did not meet any criteria of published AS protocols. None of the clinical or histological criteria reported to date is able to sufficiently discriminate aggressive tumors from indolent ones.
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- Ho Won Kang
- Department of Urology, Severance Hospital, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Severance Hospital, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Severance Hospital, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Severance Hospital, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Severance Hospital, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Severance Hospital, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Severance Hospital, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Robot and Minimal Invasive Surgery Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Ovadia AE, Terris MK, Aronson WJ, Kane CJ, Amling CL, Cooperberg MR, Freedland SJ, Abern MR. Agent Orange and long-term outcomes after radical prostatectomy. Urol Oncol 2015; 33:329.e1-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2015.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2014] [Revised: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A Population-Based Study of Men With Low-Volume Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: Does African-American Race Predict for More Aggressive Disease? Clin Genitourin Cancer 2015; 13:e259-e264. [PMID: 25777681 DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2015.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Because of recent reports that suggested more pathologically aggressive disease in African-American (AA) men, we sought to compare pathologic features between AA and Caucasian-American men with low-risk, low-volume prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database for pathologic differences based on race. Data on all men who were diagnosed between 2010 and 2011 with prostate cancer, T1cN0M0, Gleason score of 6 (3+3), prostate-specific antigen < 10 ng/mL, via a 12-core biopsy and had ≤ 2 positive samples, and underwent radical prostatectomy were abstracted. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were performed to detect predictors for adverse pathology, which was primarily defined as pT2 and Gleason ≥ 4+3, or pT3a and Gleason 3+3 with positive margins, pT3a and Gleason ≥ 3+4, or pT3b-pT4 with any Gleason score. RESULTS There were 1794 men who met the target study criteria. AA men were a median of 3 years younger (P < .001), and were more likely to have 2 positive cores (P = .02). However, there were no statistically significant differences between Caucasian and AA men regarding pathologic Gleason score (P = .99), pathologic extent of disease (P = .34), margins (P = .43), Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment score (P = .56), or adverse features (P = .45). On multivariate analysis, there were no differences between AA and Caucasian men with regard to adverse pathologic features (odds ratio, 1.43; 95% confidence interval, 0.87-1.24; P = .16). CONCLUSION In the absence of definitive data to support a more aggressive natural history of very low risk prostate cancer in AA men, these data support continued use of active surveillance in this population.
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Klotz L, Vesprini D, Sethukavalan P, Jethava V, Zhang L, Jain S, Yamamoto T, Mamedov A, Loblaw A. Long-term follow-up of a large active surveillance cohort of patients with prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2014; 33:272-7. [PMID: 25512465 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.55.1192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 836] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Active surveillance is increasingly accepted as a treatment option for favorable-risk prostate cancer. Long-term follow-up has been lacking. In this study, we report the long-term outcome of a large active surveillance protocol in men with favorable-risk prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a prospective single-arm cohort study carried out at a single academic health sciences center, 993 men with favorable- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer were managed with an initial expectant approach. Intervention was offered for a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) doubling time of less than 3 years, Gleason score progression, or unequivocal clinical progression. Main outcome measures were overall and disease-specific survival, rate of treatment, and PSA failure rate in the treated patients. RESULTS Among the 819 survivors, the median follow-up time from the first biopsy is 6.4 years (range, 0.2 to 19.8 years). One hundred forty-nine (15%) of 993 patients died, and 844 patients are alive (censored rate, 85.0%). There were 15 deaths (1.5%) from prostate cancer. The 10- and 15-year actuarial cause-specific survival rates were 98.1% and 94.3%, respectively. An additional 13 patients (1.3%) developed metastatic disease and are alive with confirmed metastases (n = 9) or have died of other causes (n = 4). At 5, 10, and 15 years, 75.7%, 63.5%, and 55.0% of patients remained untreated and on surveillance. The cumulative hazard ratio for nonprostate-to-prostate cancer mortality was 9.2:1. CONCLUSION Active surveillance for favorable-risk prostate cancer is feasible and seems safe in the 15-year time frame. In our cohort, 2.8% of patients have developed metastatic disease, and 1.5% have died of prostate cancer. This mortality rate is consistent with expected mortality in favorable-risk patients managed with initial definitive intervention.
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- Laurence Klotz
- Laurence Klotz, Danny Vesprini, Perakaa Sethukavalan, Vibhuti Jethava, Liying Zhang, Suneil Jain, Toshihiro Yamamoto, and Andrew Loblaw, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto; and Alexandre Mamedov, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Laurence Klotz, Danny Vesprini, Perakaa Sethukavalan, Vibhuti Jethava, Liying Zhang, Suneil Jain, Toshihiro Yamamoto, and Andrew Loblaw, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto; and Alexandre Mamedov, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laurence Klotz, Danny Vesprini, Perakaa Sethukavalan, Vibhuti Jethava, Liying Zhang, Suneil Jain, Toshihiro Yamamoto, and Andrew Loblaw, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto; and Alexandre Mamedov, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laurence Klotz, Danny Vesprini, Perakaa Sethukavalan, Vibhuti Jethava, Liying Zhang, Suneil Jain, Toshihiro Yamamoto, and Andrew Loblaw, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto; and Alexandre Mamedov, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laurence Klotz, Danny Vesprini, Perakaa Sethukavalan, Vibhuti Jethava, Liying Zhang, Suneil Jain, Toshihiro Yamamoto, and Andrew Loblaw, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto; and Alexandre Mamedov, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laurence Klotz, Danny Vesprini, Perakaa Sethukavalan, Vibhuti Jethava, Liying Zhang, Suneil Jain, Toshihiro Yamamoto, and Andrew Loblaw, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto; and Alexandre Mamedov, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laurence Klotz, Danny Vesprini, Perakaa Sethukavalan, Vibhuti Jethava, Liying Zhang, Suneil Jain, Toshihiro Yamamoto, and Andrew Loblaw, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto; and Alexandre Mamedov, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laurence Klotz, Danny Vesprini, Perakaa Sethukavalan, Vibhuti Jethava, Liying Zhang, Suneil Jain, Toshihiro Yamamoto, and Andrew Loblaw, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto; and Alexandre Mamedov, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laurence Klotz, Danny Vesprini, Perakaa Sethukavalan, Vibhuti Jethava, Liying Zhang, Suneil Jain, Toshihiro Yamamoto, and Andrew Loblaw, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto; and Alexandre Mamedov, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ahearn TU, Shui IM, Giovannucci EL. The Expanding Role of Body Mass in Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol 2014; 66:849-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rubio-Briones J, Iborra I, Ramírez M, Calatrava A, Collado A, Casanova J, Domínguez-Escrig J, Gómez-Ferrer A, Ricós JV, Monrós JL, Dumont R, López-Guerrero JA, Salas D, Solsona E. Obligatory information that a patient diagnosed of prostate cancer and candidate for an active surveillance protocol must know. Actas Urol Esp 2014; 38:559-65. [PMID: 24636075 DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2014.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To know the necessary information to reproduce the results found in the literature on active surveillance (AS) in prostate cancer (PCa) in our own center so that the information would be objective and correctly given to the patients. We have aimed to study the percentage of candidates for AS chosen in our setting, and the data on infrastaging, subgrading and prediction of insignificant PCa, debugging the predictive value of clinical variables to improve our selection criteria and finally to analyze the results of our patients enrolled in AS. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retro- and prospective review of our data bases was performed. A one-year period was analyzed to know AS candidates. Analysis of our radical prostatectomy specimens for infrastaging, subgrading and prediction of insignificant PCa (Epstein's criteria) was made as well as a uni/multivariate analysis of clinical variables in patients with insignificant PCa in the specimen. A prospective validation was performed with overall survival and survival free of active treatment (SFAT) as endpoints in patients enrolled in AS. RESULTS Between October-2010/October-2011, 44.7% of our PCa were candidates for AS, but only 11.2% choose it. The percentages found for infrastaging, subgrading and prediction of insignificant PCa were 14%, 31.4% and 55.7%, respectively. However, only just 6 patients (6.97%) had≥pT3a+Gleason≥7+volume>0.5cc PCa. The multivariate analysis showed that PSA density and number of affected cores were independent predictors of insignificant PCa. With a mean follow-up of 36±39months, 63 out of 232 patients enrolled in AS went on to active treatment (27.1%), with only 13 due to anxiety without pathologic progression. Median time of SFAT was 72.7 months (CI 95% 30.9-114.4). SFAT at 24 months was 76.4% (69.7-83.1%) and at 48 months 58.1% (48.8-67.4%). Only 10 patients died (4.3%), 9 due to causes different of PCa. Estimated overall survival at 5 years was 92.8% (CI 95% 86.7-98.9%). CONCLUSIONS It should be mandatory to have the exact knowledge of the local data of each Center in order to objectively inform patients about prostate biopsy efficiency, and if percentages of infrastaging, subgrading and prediction of insignificant PCa are in accordance with the literature. At 3 years, we reproduced the results of the longest series of AS, so we have ascertained that our AS protocol can be implemented with increasingly more patients.
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- J Rubio-Briones
- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España.
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- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Departamento de Salud Pública, Consellería de Sanidad, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Urología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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Obligatory information that a patient diagnosed of prostate cancer and candidate for an active surveillance protocol must know. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acuroe.2014.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bhindi B, Kulkarni GS, Finelli A, Alibhai SM, Hamilton RJ, Toi A, van der Kwast TH, Evans A, Hersey K, Jewett MA, Zlotta AR, Trachtenberg J, Fleshner NE. Obesity Is Associated with Risk of Progression for Low-risk Prostate Cancers Managed Expectantly. Eur Urol 2014; 66:841-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sundi D, Schaeffer EM. Editorial comment. Urology 2014; 84:1261-2. [PMID: 25283701 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Debasish Sundi
- James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
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- James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
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Silberstein JL, Feibus AH, Maddox MM, Abdel-Mageed AB, Moparty K, Thomas R, Sartor O. Active surveillance of prostate cancer in African American men. Urology 2014; 84:1255-61. [PMID: 25283702 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.06.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Active surveillance (AS) is a treatment strategy for prostate cancer (PCa) whereby patients diagnosed with PCa undergo ongoing characterization of their disease with the intent of avoiding radical treatment. Previously, AS has been demonstrated to be a reasonable option for men with low-risk PCa, but existing cohorts largely consist of Caucasian Americans. Because African Americans have a greater incidence, more aggressive, and potentially more lethal PCa than Caucasian Americans, it is unclear if AS is appropriate for African Americans. We performed a review of the available literature on AS with a focus on African Americans.
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- Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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Chang ET, Boffetta P, Adami HO, Cole P, Mandel JS. A critical review of the epidemiology of Agent Orange/TCDD and prostate cancer. Eur J Epidemiol 2014; 29:667-723. [PMID: 25064616 PMCID: PMC4197347 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-014-9931-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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To inform risk assessment and regulatory decision-making, the relationship between 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and prostate cancer requires clarification. This article systematically and critically reviews the epidemiologic evidence on the association between exposure to TCDD or Agent Orange, a TCDD-contaminated herbicide used during the Vietnam War, and prostate cancer risk. Articles evaluated include 11 studies of three cohorts, four case-control or cross-sectional studies, and three case-only studies of military veterans with information on estimated Agent Orange or TCDD exposure; 13 studies of seven cohorts, one case-control study, and eight proportionate morbidity or mortality studies of Vietnam veterans without information on Agent Orange exposure; 11 cohort studies of workers with occupational exposure to TCDD; and two studies of one community cohort with environmental exposure to TCDD. The most informative studies, including those of Vietnam veterans involved in Agent Orange spraying or other handling, herbicide manufacturing or spraying workers with occupational TCDD exposure, and community members exposed to TCDD through an industrial accident, consistently reported no significant increase in prostate cancer incidence or mortality. Only some potentially confounded studies of Vietnam veterans compared with the general population, studies with unreliable estimates of Agent Orange exposure, and analyses of selected subgroups of Vietnam veterans reported positive associations. Overall, epidemiologic research offers no consistent or convincing evidence of a causal relationship between exposure to Agent Orange or TCDD and prostate cancer. More accurate exposure assessment is needed in large epidemiologic studies to rule out a causal association more conclusively.
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- Health Sciences Practice, Exponent, Inc., 149 Commonwealth Drive, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA,
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Ankerst DP, Hoefler J, Bock S, Goodman PJ, Vickers A, Hernandez J, Sokoll LJ, Sanda MG, Wei JT, Leach RJ, Thompson IM. Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial risk calculator 2.0 for the prediction of low- vs high-grade prostate cancer. Urology 2014; 83:1362-7. [PMID: 24862395 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To modify the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial risk calculator (PCPTRC) to predict low- vs high-grade (Gleason grade≥7) prostate cancer and incorporate percent free-prostate-specific antigen (PSA). METHODS Data from 6664 Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial placebo arm biopsies (5826 individuals), where prostate-specific antigen and digital rectal examination results were available within 1 year before the biopsy and PSA was ≤10 ng/mL, were used to develop a nominal logistic regression model to predict the risk of no vs low-grade (Gleason grade<7) vs high-grade cancer (Gleason grade≥7). Percent free-PSA was incorporated into the model based on likelihood ratio analysis of a San Antonio Biomarkers of Risk cohort. Models were externally validated on 10 Prostate Biopsy Collaborative Group cohorts and 1 Early Detection Research Network reference set. RESULTS Of all the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial biopsies, 5468 (82.1%) were negative for prostate cancer, 942 (14.1%) detected low-grade, and 254 (3.8%) detected high-grade disease. Significant predictors were (log base 2) PSA (odds ratio for low-grade vs no cancer, 1.29*; high-grade vs no cancer, 2.02*; high-grade vs low-grade cancer, 1.57*), digital rectal examination (0.96, 1.49*, 1.55*, respectively), age (1.02*, 1.05*, 1.03*, respectively), African American race (1.13, 2.83*, 2.51*, respectively), prior biopsy (0.63*, 0.81, 1.27, respectively), and family history (1.31*, 1.25, 0.95, respectively), where * indicates P value<.05. The new PCPTRC 2.0 either with or without percent free-PSA (also significant by the likelihood ratio method) validated well externally. CONCLUSION By differentiating the risk of low- vs high-grade disease on biopsy, PCPTRC 2.0 better enables physician-patient counseling concerning whether to proceed to biopsy.
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- Donna P Ankerst
- Department of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; Department of Mathematics, Technical University Munich, Garching, Germany.
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- Department of Mathematics, Technical University Munich, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Urology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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Choo SH, Jeon HG, Jeong BC, Seo SI, Jeon SS, Choi HY, Lee HM. Predictive factors of unfavorable prostate cancer in patients who underwent prostatectomy but eligible for active surveillance. Prostate Int 2014; 2:70-5. [PMID: 25032192 PMCID: PMC4099397 DOI: 10.12954/pi.14042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate the predictive factors of unfavorable prostate cancer in Korean men who underwent radical prostatectomy but eligible for active surveillance according to Epstein criteria. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 2,036 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer between 1994 and 2011. Among these, 233 patients were eligible for active surveillance based on Epstein criteria. Unfavorable prostate cancer was defined as pathologic Gleason sum ≥7 or non-organ-confined disease. We investigated pathologic outcomes and predictive factors for unfavorable prostate cancer. RESULTS Of 233 cases, 91 patients (39.1%) were pathologic Gleason sum ≥7, 11 (4.7%) had extracapsular extension, and three (1.3%) had seminal vesicle invasion. Ninety-eight patients (42.1%) had unfavorable prostate cancer. When comparing clinically insignificant and significant prostate cancer, there were significant differences in mean age (P=0.007), prostate volume (P=0.021), prostate-specific antigen (PSA) density (P=0.03), maximum tumor volume in biopsy core (P<0.001), and rate of two positive cores (P=0.001). On multivariate analysis, age (P=0.015), PSA density (P=0.017) and two positive cores (P=0.001) were independent predictive factors for unfavorable prostate cancer. CONCLUSIONS A significant proportion of patients who were candidates for active surveillance had unfavorable prostate cancer. Age, PSA density, and two positive cores were independent significant predictive factors for unfavorable prostate cancer. These factors should be considered when performing active surveillance.
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- Seol Ho Choo
- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Hong SK, Eastham JA, Fine SW. Localization of higher grade tumor foci in potential candidates for active surveillance who opt for radical prostatectomy. Prostate Int 2013; 1:152-7. [PMID: 24392439 PMCID: PMC3879052 DOI: 10.12954/pi.13029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate actual intraprostatic location of higher graded tumor foci undetected via standard transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy amongst patients who would be clinically considered appropriate candidates for active surveillance (AS) but underwent radical prostatectomy (RP). METHODS We reviewed entirely-submitted and whole-mounted RP specimens from 169 men who were deemed appropriate for AS clinically, but opted for RP and were found to have higher grade tumors. For each case, tumor nodules were circled and color-coded in a grade-specific manner and digitally scanned to created tumor maps. The locations of tumor foci with Gleason grade ≥4 were stratified by specific sites: anterior, anterolateral, lateral only (not clearly anterior or posterior), posterior, and posterolateral area. RESULTS Of 169 patients, 86% had clinical stage T1c and 14% T2a. RP Gleason score 7 in all but two men. Higher-grade tumor foci were localized to: anterior (n=66, 39%), anterolateral (n=4, 2%), lateral only (not clearly anterior or posterior) (n=5, 3%), posterior (n=52, 31%), and posterolateral (n=42, 25%) prostate, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Among patients deemed clinically appropriate for AS, higher-grade tumor foci missed by standard prostate biopsies were localized to both the anterior and posterior prostate, without predominance of a particular area. These findings lend additional support to performing repeat standard prostate biopsy in potential candidates for AS and should be considered in efforts to optimize current biopsy strategies for the selection of AS patients.
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- Sung Kyu Hong
- Department of Urology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea ; Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA ; Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Lim SK, Kim KH, Shin TY, Chung BH, Hong SJ, Choi YD, Rha KH. Yonsei Criteria: A New Protocol for Active Surveillance in the Era of Robotic and Local Ablative Surgeries. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2013; 11:501-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2013.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Revised: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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High level of dioxin-TEQ in tissue is associated with Agent Orange exposure but not with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2013; 16:376-81. [PMID: 24018710 DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2013.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2013] [Revised: 07/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Agent Orange (AO) was previously identified as a significant risk factor for biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP) in prostate cancer patients. In this study, we determined the levels of dioxin biological toxicity using toxic equivalency (TEQ) values and examined the impact of dioxin-TEQ level on BCR. METHODS A total of 93 men who underwent RP, with a median of 5.3 years of postoperative follow-up, were included in the study. The dioxin-TEQ level of each patient was measured using intraoperatively harvested abdominal subcutaneous fat. The dichotomous categorization of dioxin-TEQ by the 50th percentile (low<50% vs high 50%) was also used to regroup the patient cohort, regardless of the previous history of AO exposure. Comparisons between the dioxin-TEQ levels, clinicopathological characteristics and BCR in AO-exposed and -unexposed men were made to allocate possible risk factors. The multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify significant risk factors associated with BCR, adjusting for other confounding factors. RESULTS The median dioxin-TEQ level in 37 AO-exposed patients was significantly higher than that in 56 unexposed patients (22.3 vs 15.0 pg g(-1) fat, respectively, P<0.001). The men with AO exposure were more likely to have a high dioxin-TEQ level (P<0.001). Neither AO exposure nor the level of dioxin-TEQ was associated with BCR. Tumor stage (T3/T4 vs T2) and Gleason grade (Gleason 3+4) were independent risk factors for BCR after RP. CONCLUSIONS Exposure to AO significantly increases the adipose level of dioxin-TEQ in patients treated with RP. However, exposure to AO or a high dioxin-TEQ level was not associated with an increased risk of BCR after RP. This lack of association supports the current conclusion that the evidence of carcinogenicity of AO in prostate cancer patients is not sufficient and remains 'limited'.
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Pfister D, Bolla M, Briganti A, Carroll P, Cozzarini C, Joniau S, van Poppel H, Roach M, Stephenson A, Wiegel T, Zelefsky MJ. Early salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol 2013; 65:1034-43. [PMID: 23972524 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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CONTEXT Depending on the pathologic tumour stage, up to 60% of prostate cancer patients who undergo radical prostatectomy will develop biochemical relapse and require further local treatment. OBJECTIVES We reviewed the results of early salvage radiation therapy (RT), defined as prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values prior to RT ≤ 0.5 ng/ml in the setting of lymph node-negative disease. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Ten retrospective studies, including one multicentre analysis, were used for this analysis. Among them, we received previously unpublished patient characteristics and updated outcome data from five retrospective single-centre trials to perform a subgroup analysis for early salvage RT. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Patients treated with early salvage RT have a significantly improved biochemical recurrence-free survival (BRFS) rate compared with those receiving salvage RT initiated after PSA values are >0.5 ng/ml. Similarly, within the cohort of patients with pre-RT PSA values <0.5 ng/ml, improved BRFS rates were noted among those with lower rather higher pre-RT PSA levels. It is possible that higher RT dose levels and the use of adjunctive androgen-deprivation therapy improve biochemical control outcomes in the salvage setting. CONCLUSIONS Based on a literature review, improved 5-yr BRFS rates are observed for patients who receive early salvage RT compared with patients treated with salvage RT with a pre-RT PSA value >0.5 ng/ml. Whether the routine application of early salvage RT in patients with initially undetectable PSA levels will be associated with demonstrable clinical benefit awaits the results of ongoing prospective trials.
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- David Pfister
- Department of Urology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire A Michallon, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Urology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiotherapy, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Louis AS, Kalnin R, Maganti M, Pintilie M, Matthew AG, Finelli A, Zlotta AR, Fleshner N, Kulkarni G, Hamilton R, Jewett M, Robinette M, Alibhai SMH, Trachtenberg J. Oncologic outcomes following radical prostatectomy in the active surveillance era. Can Urol Assoc J 2013; 7:E475-80. [PMID: 23914263 DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.1404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In this study, we examine the oncologic outcomes of men with low, intermediate and high preoperative risk for prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy prior to and during the active surveillance era. METHODS We analyzed records from patients who underwent radical prostatectomy at our Canadian tertiary care facility from 2000 to 2012. Patients were stratified by D'Amico preoperative risk category and by year of treatment. Biochemical recurrence-free survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS We included 2643 consecutive patients in our analysis. The proportion of men with low-risk disease undergoing radical prostatectomy decreased from 2007 onwards coincident with the implementation of an active surveillance strategy in our institution. Men with low-risk and high-risk disease showed significantly worse biochemical outcomes from 2007 to 2012 compared to 2000 to 2006 (p < 0.05), while men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer showed no significant differences (p = 0.27). Within the low-risk cohort, the later treatment group displayed significantly lower age, pre-treatment prostate specific antigen and tumour volume and significantly higher testosterone and body mass index. CONCLUSIONS The time period corresponding with the implementation of active surveillance at our institution corresponded with significant deterioration of biochemical outcomes in the low- and high-risk groups. This suggests that the men with most favourable disease deferred treatment, whereas men with worse preoperative disease characteristics were increasingly treated with radical prostatectomy in the past 6 years perhaps to their benefit.
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- Alyssa S Louis
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON
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Kim J, Ebertowski J, Janiga M, Arzola J, Gillespie G, Fountain M, Soderdahl D, Canby-Hagino E, Elsamanoudi S, Gurski J, Davis JW, Parker PA, Boyd DD. Many young men with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screen-detected prostate cancers may be candidates for active surveillance. BJU Int 2013; 111:934-40. [PMID: 23350937 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2012.11768.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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UNLABELLED WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: Little is known as to the potential for over-treatment of young men diagnosed with prostate cancer. We show that for men aged ≤55 years with PSA screen-detected disease, 45% of the tumours are classified as very low risk and 85% of these have favourable pathology, yet most are actively treated. These findings raise the spectre of over-treatment for a group of men likely to be affected by treatment side-effects. OBJECTIVE To identify a population of young men (aged <55 years at diagnosis) with very-low-risk prostate cancer (stage cT1c, with prostate-specific antigen [PSA] density of <0.15 ng/mL/g, Gleason score ≤6, and ≤2 positive biopsy cores with <50% tumour involvement) that may be candidates for active surveillance (AS). PATIENTS AND METHODS We queried a Department of Defense tumour registry and hard-copy records for servicemen diagnosed with prostate cancer from 1987 to 2010. Statistical analyses were undertaken using Fisher's exact and chi-square testing. RESULTS From 1987-1991 and 2007-2010, PSA screen-detected tumours diagnosed in men aged ≤55 years rose >30-fold. Data for a subset of men (174) with PSA screen-detected cancer were evaluable for disease risk assessment. Of the 174 men with screen-detected disease, 81 (47%) had very-low-risk disease. Of that group, 96% (78/81) selected treatment and, of 57 men undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP), the tumours of 49 (86%) carried favourable pathology (organ confined, <10% gland involvement, Gleason ≤6). CONCLUSIONS Nearly half of young men with PSA screen-detected prostate cancer are AS candidates but the overwhelming majority seek treatment. Considering that many tumours show favourable pathology at RP, there is a possibility that these patients may benefit from AS management.
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- Jeri Kim
- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Masieri L, Minervini A, Vittori G, Lanciotti M, Lanzi F, Lapini A, Carini M, Serni S. The role of free to total PSA ratio in prediction of extracapsular tumor extension and biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy in patients with PSA between 4 and 10 ng/ml. Int Urol Nephrol 2012; 44:1031-8. [PMID: 22315156 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-012-0135-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The prognostic value of free to total PSA ratio (F/T PSA) in patients eligible for radical prostatectomy (RP) is controversial. The aim of the present study was to evaluate correlation of F/T PSA with tumor extracapsular extension (ECE) and biochemical recurrence (BR) at long-term follow-up. PATIENT AND METHODS Clinical and pathological data were prospectively gathered from 200 patients treated with RP for clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa) and PSA between 4 and 10 ng/mL. Correlations of preoperative variables including F/T PSA with ECE and BR were evaluated with uni- and multivariate analysis. Adjunctive analyses evaluated the association of PSA F/T with other pathological results. The relationship between preoperative F/T PSA and BR was also assessed with Kaplan–Meier survival analysis. RESULTS Lower F/T PSA was significantly correlated with ECE (p = 0.0063), higher GS (p = 0.0054), and seminal vesicles involvement (p = 0.0047). The F/T PSA value of 14% provided the greatest discrimination in predicting ECE. At multivariate analysis, F/T PSA did not achieve the statistical significance for predicting ECE independently. At a mean (median, range) follow-up of 52 (48, 14–116) months, preoperative F/T PSA resulted significantly correlated with BR (p = 0.001). At the Kaplan–Meier survival analysis, the 5-year BR free survival rate resulted 89.3 and 68.9% in the group with F/T PSA >14 and ≤14 ng/mL, respectively (log rank p = 0.0022). At Cox proportional hazard model, only ECE resulted an independent predictor of BR (R = 2.646, p = 0.037). CONCLUSION In patients with clinically localized PCa and PSA 4–10 ng/ml, lower F/T PSA was significantly associated with ECE, other adverse pathologic features, and with BR at the long-term follow-up, but only ECE resulted an independent predictor of BR in our series.
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- Lorenzo Masieri
- Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
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Zaorsky NG, Studenski MT, Dicker AP, Gomella L, Den RB. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer: is the technology ready to be the standard of care? Cancer Treat Rev 2012; 39:212-8. [PMID: 23218442 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2012.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2012] [Revised: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Prostate cancer is the second most prevalent solid tumor diagnosed in men in the United States and Western Europe. Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is touted as a superior type of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for the treatment of various tumors. SBRT developed from the theory that high doses of radiation from brachytherapy implant seeds could be recapitulated from advanced technology of radiation treatment planning and delivery. Moreover, SBRT has been theorized to be advantageous compared to other RT techniques because it has a treatment course shorter than that of conventionally fractionated EBRT (a single session, five days per week, for about two weeks vs. eight weeks), is non-invasive, is more effective at killing tumor cells, and is less likely to cause damage to normal tissue. In areas of the US and Europe where there is limited access to RT centers, SBRT is frequently being used to treat prostate cancer, even though long-term data about its efficacy and safety are not well established. We review the impetus behind SBRT and the current clinical evidence supporting its use for prostate cancer, thus providing oncologists and primary care physicians with an understanding of the continually evolving field of prostate radiation therapy. Studies of SBRT provide encouraging results of biochemical control and late toxicity. However, they are limited by a number of factors, including short follow-up, exclusion of intermediate- and high-risk patients, and relatively small number of patients treated. Currently, SBRT regimens should only be used in the context of clinical trials.
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- Nicholas G Zaorsky
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
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Shapiro RH, Johnstone PAS. Risk of Gleason grade inaccuracies in prostate cancer patients eligible for active surveillance. Urology 2012; 80:661-6. [PMID: 22925240 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2011] [Revised: 06/05/2012] [Accepted: 06/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate increases in Gleason grade because of sample bias after immediate rebiopsy or prostatectomy for patients considered active surveillance candidates by institutional protocol. METHODS A contemporary medical literature search was performed using PubMed. Series were included if the patients had no more than Gleason 6 prostate cancer score on initial biopsy and underwent a prostatectomy or rebiopsy within 6 months. Patient sets using neoadjuvant hormonal therapy or focal prostate treatment were excluded. RESULTS In patients who would have fallen into the D'Amico low-risk prostate cancer group, 42% were found to have an increase in the Gleason score: 32% resulting in grade ≥ 7 disease and 3% grade ≥ 8. For series that limited patients to the Epstein criteria, Gleason upgrades were 34%, 29%, and 2%, respectively. Of the 139 patients whose second tissue specimens were from a rebiopsy, 17% were found to have grade ≥ 7 disease, whereas only 1 patient had grade ≥ 8. There were no consistent multivariate analysis variables among the series to predict for an increase in Gleason score. CONCLUSION More than one third of the patients were found to have been undergraded based on their initial prostate biopsy. Therefore, 1 biopsy alone may not be sufficient to offer active surveillance as an option. Further exploration is necessary to better ensure low-risk disease before active surveillance.
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- Ronald H Shapiro
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Lee DH, Jung HB, Lee SH, Rha KH, Choi YD, Hong SJ, Yang SC, Chung BH. Comparison of Pathological Outcomes of Active Surveillance Candidates Who Underwent Radical Prostatectomy Using Contemporary Protocols at a High-volume Korean Center. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2012; 42:1079-85. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hys147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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