Is the post-radical prostatectomy gleason score a valid predictor of mortality after neoadjuvant hormonal treatment?

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Contributors

  • Michael Froehner - , Department of Urology (Author)
  • Stefan Propping - , Department of Urology (Author)
  • Rainer Koch - , Institute of Pathology (Author)
  • Angelika Borkowetz - , Department of Urology (Author)
  • Dorothea Liebeheim - , Department of Urology (Author)
  • Marieta Toma - , Institute of Pathology (Author)
  • Gustavo B. Baretton - , Institute of Pathology (Author)
  • Manfred P. Wirth - , Department of Urology (Author)

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the validity of the Gleason score after neoadjuvant hormonal treatment as predictor of disease-specific mortality after radical prostatectomy. Patients and Methods: A total of 2,880 patients with a complete data set and a mean follow-up of 10.3 years were studied; 425 of them (15%) had a history of hormonal treatment prior to surgery. The cumulative incidence of deaths from prostate cancer was determined by univariate and multivariate competing risk analysis. Cox proportional hazard models for competing risks were used to study combined effects of the variables on prostate cancer-specific mortality. Results: A higher portion of specimens with a history of neoadjuvant hormonal treatment were assigned Gleason scores of 8-10 (28 vs. 17%, p < 0.0001). The mortality curves in the Gleason score strata <8 vs. 8-10 were at large congruent in patients with and without neoadjuvant hormonal treatment. In patients with neoadjuvant hormonal treatment, a Gleason score of 8-10 was an independent predictor of prostate cancer-specific mortality; the hazard ratio was, however, somewhat lower than in patients without neoadjuvant hormonal treatment. Conclusion: This study suggests that the prognostic value of the post-radical prostatectomy Gleason score is not meaningfully jeopardized by heterogeneous neoadjuvant hormonal treatment in a routine clinical setting.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)302-308
Number of pages7
JournalUrologia internationalis
Volume96
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2016
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 26440292

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Keywords

  • Gleason score, Health outcomes research, Hormonal treatment, Neoadjuvant, Prognostic factors, Prostate cancer, Radical prostatectomy