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Adverse Pathological Outcomes in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens in Patients with a Serum Prostate-specific Antigen Level [less than or equal to]3 ng/mL
Original Article
Document Type
Report
Source
Bulletin of Urooncology. December 2023, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p138, 6 p.
Subject
Turkey
Language
English
Abstract
Introduction Prostate cancer (PCa) is the 2nd most common form of cancer in men worldwide, with an estimated 1,276,106 new cases and 358,989 deaths (1). Although several potential etiological risk [...]
Objective: To evaluate clinicopathological features of patients with serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level of [less than or equal to]3 ng/mL and diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa). Materials and Methods: A total of 34 male patients diagnosed with PCa by either prostate needle biopsy (PNB) or transurethral resection of the prostate (TUR-P) were included in this study between January 2010 and June 2021. Patients whose preoperative serum PSA level was >3 ng/mL and those with missing clinical data were excluded. Preoperative clinical characteristics of the patients and pathological findings of PNB, TUR-P and radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens were evaluated. Results: The median age of the patients was 65 (60-69) years. The median preoperative serum PSA level was 1.98 (1.45-2.64) ng/mL. PCa was detected by "systematic prostate biopsy (SBx) only", combined prostate biopsy [SBx following multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging-targeted prostate biopsy (TBx)], and "TUR-P" in 6 (17.6%), 17 (50.0%), and 11 (32.4%) patients, respectively. In combination of both biopsy, PCa was detected in "SBx specimens only", "TBx specimens only", and "both TBx and SBx specimens" in 3 (8.8%), 5 (14.7%), and 9 (26.5%) patients, respectively. Clinically significant (cs) PCa was in 52.9% of the TBx (9/17) and 60.9% of the SBx (14/23) specimen. Twenty (58.8%) patients treated with RP csPCa in RP specimens was observed in 17/20 (85.0%) patients. Upgrading in RP specimens compared with PNB specimens was observed in 5/11 (45.5%) of the TBx and 9/17 (52.9%) of the SBx specimen. At the final RP pathology, International Society of Urologic Pathology-grade group >3 or non-organ confined disease were observed in 8 (40%) and 8 (40.0%) patients, respectively. Conclusions: Adverse pathological outcomes in RP specimens are frequent in patients with PCa with a serum PSA level of Keywords: Pathological outcomes, prostate needle biopsy, prostate-specific antigen, prostate neoplasms, radical prostatectomy, transurethral resection of prostate