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. 2022 Jul 11;26(3):631–632. doi: 10.1038/s41391-022-00568-9

Correction to: Cardiovascular risk of gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist versus agonist in men with prostate cancer: an observational study in Taiwan

Yu-Hsuan Joni Shao 1,2,, Jian-Hua Hong 3,4, Chun-Kai Chen 5, Chao-Yuan Huang 3
PMCID: PMC10449617  PMID: 35821250

Correction to: Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 10.1038/s41391-022-00555-0, published online 3 June 2022

In this article, author names Yu-Hsuan Joni Shao, Jian-Hua Hong, Chun-Kai Chen, and Chao-Yuan Huang were incorrectly written as Shao Yu-Hsuan Joni, Hong Jian-Hua, Chen Chun-Kai, and Huang Chao-Yuan.

Tables 1 and 2 have been adjusted to reflect consistency within the paper. They now show as seen below.

Table 1.

Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics.

GnRH antagonist N = 499 GnRH agonist N = 15,127
n (%) n (%) P value
Age (years) 0.4557
  ≤54 11 (2.2) 280 (1.9)
  55–59 18 (3.6) 655 (4.3)
  60–69 127 (25.5) 4037 (26.7)
  70–74 87 (17.4) 2953 (19.5)
  ≥75 256 (51.3) 7202 (47.6)
Cancer TNM staging <0.0001
  Localized 132 (26.5) 5905 (39.0)
  Locally advanced 74 (14.8) 2743 (18.1)
  Any T, N ≥ 1 39 (7.8) 1218 (8.05)
  Any T, any N and M ≥ 1 254 (50.9) 5261 (34.8)
Gleason score 0.0002
  2–6 41 (8.2) 2032 (13.4)
  7 129 (25.9) 4512 (29.8)
  8–10 313 (62.7) 8086 (53.5)
  Missing 16 (3.2) 497 (3.3)
PSA, ng/mL 0.0256
  ≤50 10 (2.0) 501 (3.3)
  >50 450 (90.2) 13,006 (86.0)
  Missing 39 (7.8) 1620 (10.7)
Risk groups <0.0001
  Low–intermediate 38 (7.6) 1698 (11.2)
  High–very high 121 (24.3) 5314 (35.1)
  Regional or metastatic 340 (68.1) 8115 (53.7)
CCI <0.0001
  0 90 (18.0) 4266 (28.2)
  1 142 (28.5) 4273 (28.3)
  2 117 (23.5) 2590 (17.1)
  3+ 150 (30.1) 3998 (26.4)
Concomitant medication
  Antiandrogen 90 (18.0) 7489 (49.5) <0.0001
  Abiraterone 21 (4.2) 1058 (7.0) 0.0009
  Bicalutamide 165 (33.1) 10,023 (66.3) <0.0001
  Cyproterone 56 (11.2) 4489 (29.7) <0.0001
  Enzalutamide 17 (3.4) 746 (4.9) 0.0542
  Flutamide 12 (2.4) 1490 (9.9) <0.0001
Pre-existing cardiovascular disease factors
  Ischemic heart disease 35 (7.1) 882 (5.8) 0.2685
  Congestive heart failure 10 (2.0) 155 (1.0) 0.0352
  Stroke 11 (2.2) 245 (1.6) 0.3113
  Hyperlipidemia 87 (17.4) 1694 (11.2) <0.0001
  Hypertension 128 (25.7) 3557 (23.5) 0.2685
  Diabetes 58 (11.6) 1486 (9.8) 0.1850
  Use of cardiac therapy 92 (18.4) 1580 (10.4) <0.0001
Pre-existing CVD <0.0001
  Yesa 167 (33.5) 3348 (22.1)
  No 332 (66.5) 11,779 (77.9)

Risk groups defined by National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines were as follows:

Low risk: T1–T2a, GS ≤ 6, and PSA of 10  ng/mL; favorable intermediate risk: T2b–T2c or GS ≤ 7 or PSA of 10–20  ng/mL and a primary GS of 3; unfavorable intermediate risk: T2c or GS ≤ 7 or PSA of 10–20 ng/mL and primary GS of 4; high risk: T3a or GS of 8–10 or PSA >20 ng/mL; very high risk for locally advanced prostate cancer: T3b–T4 or primary GS component scores of ≥5 scores with overall GS of 8–10; metastatic risk: N1 or M1 with any T stage [29].

CCI Charlson comorbidity index, CVD cardiovascular disease(s), GnRH gonadotropin-releasing hormone, PSA prostate specific antigen, TNM where T = tumor, N = nodes and M = metastasis.

aYes: receiving cardiac therapy, diagnosis of ischemic heart diseases, stroke, or congestive heart failure 1 year before androgen deprivation therapy initiation.

Table 2.

Cardiovascular outcomes (after 90 days of ADT initiation) among patients on GnRH antagonists and agonists by pre-existing cardiovascular disease.

All Pre-existing CVDa No pre-existing CVD
GnRH antagonist N = 499 GnRH agonist N = 15,127 GnRH antagonist N = 167 GnRH agonist N = 3348 GnRH antagonist N = 332 GnRH agonist N = 11,779
n (%) n (%) P value n (%) n (%) P value n (%) n (%) P value
Receiving hyperlipidemia treatment 125 (25.1) 5183 (34.3) <0.0001 61 (36.5) 1589 (47.5) 0.0057 64 (19.3) 3594 (30.5) <0.0001
Receiving cardiac therapy 123 (24.6) 4960 (32.8) <0.0001 56 (33.5) 1381 (41.3) 0.0478 67 (20.2) 3579 (30.4) <0.0001
IHD, stroke or CHF 18 (3.6) 1758 (11.6) <0.0001 3 (1.8) 410 (12.3) <0.0001 15 (4.5) 1348 (11.4) <0.0001
Vital status 0.3939 0.6542 0.6231
 Alive 377 (75.6) 11,229 (74.2) 130 (77.8) 2570 (76.8) 247 (74.3) 8659 (73.5)
 CV-related death 7 (1.4) 348 (2.3) 2 (1.2) 76 (2.3) 5 (1.5) 272 (2.3)
 Other cause death 115 (23.0) 3550 (23.5) 35 (21.0) 702 (21.0) 80 (24.1) 2848 (24.2)

ADT androgen deprivation therapy, CHF congestive heart failure, CV cardiovascular, GnRH gonadotropin-releasing hormone, IHD ischemic heart disease.

aPre-existing CVD: receiving cardiac therapy, diagnosis of ischemic heart diseases, stroke, or congestive heart failure 1 year before androgen deprivation therapy initiation.

In the sentence beginning with “Risk groups defined by National Comprehensive Cancer Network...” value “20 ng/ml” has been changed to “>20 ng/mL”.

In this article and insertion to the caption to Fig 1 has been made. In the sentence beginning with “Survival curves...” it now reads as “Survival curves showing MACE-free survival probability (significance of difference tested by log rank test)...”.

The original article has been corrected.


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