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Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2021 May 10;80(2):142–146. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.04.035

Table 1 –

Multivariable Cox proportional-hazard model for prediction of distant metastasis and prostate cancer–specific mortality stratified by treatment for men with radiorecurrent high-risk prostate cancer

Distant metastasis
Prostate cancer–specific mortality
HR (95% CI) p value HR (95% CI) p value
External beam radiation therapy
Interval to biochemical failure a 0.84 (0.78–0.89) <0.001 0.72 (0.63–0.81) <0.001
Age at treatment (per 5-yr increment) 1.01 (0.93–1.09) 0.8 1.04 (0.94–1.16) 0.4
ln(iPSA) 0.88 (0.77–1.01) 0.064 0.85 (0.7–1.03) 0.095
Gleason grade group (reference: GG1) b
 GG 2 1.32 (0.62–2.81) 0.5 5.14 (0.64–41.22) 0.12
 GG 3 2.03 (0.95–4.30) 0.066 9.16 (1.17–71.85) 0.035
 GG 4 1.89 (0.96–3.69) 0.064 7.94 (1.06–59.14) 0.043
 GG 5 2.35 (1.19–4.65) 0.014 17.24 (2.33–127.45) 0.005
Clinical T stage (reference: cT1c) c
 cT2a 1.50 (0.95–2.36) 0.083 1.08 (0.56–2.05) 0.8
 cT2b 1.00 (0.64–1.57) >0.9 0.91 (0.46–1.8) 0.8
 cT2c 0.91 (0.56–1.48) 0.7 0.77 (0.37–1.61) 0.5
 cT3a 1.33 (0.88–2.03) 0.18 1.10 (0.58–2.08) 0.8
 cT3b 1.22 (0.77–1.94) 0.4 1.19 (0.62–2.28) 0.6
 cT4 2.27 (1.22–4.23) 0.010 1.87 (0.84–4.13) 0.12
External beam radiation therapy + BT
Interval to biochemical failure a 0.87 (0.77–0.99) 0.031 0.81 (0.69–0.94) 0.008
Age at treatment (per 5-yr increment) 1.00 (0.85–1.18) >0.9 0.96 (0.79–1.17) 0.7
ln(iPSA) 0.83 (0.60–1.15) 0.3 0.78 (0.53–1.15) 0.2
Gleason grade group (reference: GG1) b
 GG 2 0.29 (0.05–1.78) 0.18 0.46 (0.08–2.64) 0.4
 GG 3 - -- - -
 GG 4 0.28 (0.09–0.91) 0.035 0.17 (0.04–0.73) 0.017
 GG 5 0.33 (0.1–1.05) 0.060 0.54 (0.14–2.11) 0.4
Clinical T stage (reference: cT1c) c
 cT2a 0.35 (0.12–1.01) 0.053 0.24 (0.06–1) 0.050
 cT2b 0.73 (0.33–1.61) 0.4 0.69 (0.28–1.68) 0.4
 cT2c 0.63 (0.24–1.65) 0.3 0.88 (0.32–2.47) 0.8
 cT3a 0.86 (0.4–1.82) 0.7 1.37 (0.64–2.96) 0.4
 cT3b 0.26 (0.07–0.97) 0.045 0.4 (0.1–1.68) 0.2
 cT4 - -- - -

PC = prostate cancer; BT = brachytherapy boost; HR = hazard ratio; CI = confidence interval; GG = grade group; ln(iPSA) = natural log of initial prostate-specific antigen.

a

Per 1-yr increment.

b

Per grade group increment.

c

Per cT stage increment.