. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Apr 17.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2005 Jul 15;11(14):5223–5232. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-0109

Table 5.

RECIST response categories using tumor regression applied to the individual manifestations of prostate cancer

	Complete response	Partial response	Stable disease	Progressive disease
Primary tumor	No disease on pathology	No definition	No definition	No definition
Local recurrence	N/A	No definition	No definition	No definition
Measurable tumor
Nodes, lungs, viscera	Disappearance of target lesions	30% decrease in change of sum of longest diameters of target lesions	Neither progression nor partial response criteria met	20% increase in change sum of longest diameters of target lesions
Abnormal PSA	Normalization	Abnormal levels	Abnormal levels	Not specified
Bone	Resolution	Persistence	Persistence	New lesions
Symptoms	Not considered	Not considered	Not considered	Not considered

Abbreviation: N/A, not applicable.