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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2009 Mar 17;73(5):1098–1103. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.07.052

Table 2.

Table 2a. Pathologic features and Kaplan-Meier 5-year recurrence-free probabilities by PSA group. Data are represented as frequency (proportion) unless otherwise noted.
Pathologic Features Pretreatment PSA (ng/ml)
0–0.5 0.6–1.0 1.1–2.0 2.0–3.0 >3.0
N=25 N=66 N=176 N=326 N=5537
Pathologic Gleason
 <=6 11 (44%) 50 (76%) 98 (56%) 158 (48%) 1881 (34%)
 7 9 (36%) 14 (21%) 67 (38%) 154 (47%) 3182 (57%)
 >=8 3 (12%) 2 (3%) 6 (3%) 11 (3%) 416 (8%)
 Unknown 2 (8%) 0 (0%) 5 (3%) 3 (1%) 58 (1%)

Extracapsular Extension
 No 16 (64%) 59 (89%) 153 (87%) 258 (79%) 3896 (70%)
 Yes 8 (32%) 7 (11%) 20 (11%) 60 (18%) 1593 (29%)
 Unknown 1 (4%) 0 (0%) 3 (2%) 8 (2%) 48 (1%)

Seminal Vesicle Invasion
 No 22 (88%) 65 (98%) 171 (97%) 313 (96%) 5130 (93%)
 Yes 2 (8%) 1 (2%) 3 (2%) 9 (3%) 377 (7%)
 Unknown 1 (4%) 0 (0%) 2 (1%) 4 (1%) 30 (1%)

Lymph Node Involvement
 No 24 (96%) 64 (97%) 173 (98%) 323 (99%) 5346 (97%)
 Yes 1 (4%) 2 (3%) 3 (2%) 3 (1%) 191 (3%)

Non-Organ Confined
 No 16 (64%) 58 (88%) 153 (87%) 255 (78%) 3801 (69%)
 Yes 8 (32%) 8 (12%) 20 (11%) 62 (19%) 1675 (30%)
 Unknown 1 (4%) 0 (0%) 3 (2%) 9 (3%) 61 (1%)

5-Year Recurrence-free Probability (95% C.I.) 76% (24%, 95%) 100% 92% (82%, 96%) 97% (93%, 99%) 85% (83%, 86%)
Table 2b. Patients with low clinical stage (T1). Pathologic features and Kaplan-Meier 5-year recurrence-free probabilities by PSA group. Data are represented as frequency (proportion) unless otherwise noted.
Pathologic Features Pretreatment PSA (ng/ml)
0–0.5 0.6–1.0 1.1–2.0 2.0–3.0 >3.0
N=8 N=26 N=65 N=183 N=3800
Pathologic Gleason
 <=6 4 (50%) 21 (81%) 41 (63%) 103 (56%) 1467 (39%)
 7 4 (50%) 5 (19%) 18 (28%) 75 (41%) 2114 (56%)
 >=8 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (5%) 3 (2%) 191 (5%)
 Unknown 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (5%) 2 (1%) 28 (1%)

Extracapsular Extension
 No 4 (50%) 26 (100%) 57 (88%) 158 (86%) 2923 (77%)
 Yes 4 (50%) 0 (0%) 6 (9%) 19 (10%) 845 (22%)
 Unknown 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (3%) 6 (3%) 32 (1%)

Seminal Vesicle Invasion
 No 8 (100%) 26 (100%) 63 (97%) 178 (97%) 3615 (95%)
 Yes 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 3 (2%) 165 (4%)
 Unknown 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 2 (1%) 20 (1%)

Lymph Node Involvement
 No 8 (100%) 25 (96%) 64 (98%) 182 (99%) 3740 (98%)
 Yes 0 (0%) 1 (4%) 1 (2%) 1 (1%) 60 (2%)

Non-Organ Confined
 No 4 (50%) 25 (96%) 57 (88%) 157 (86%) 2877 (76%)
 Yes 4 (50%) 1 (4%) 6 (9%) 20 (11%) 882 (23%)
 Unknown 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (3%) 6 (3%) 41 (1%)

5-Year Recurrence-Free Probability (95% C.I.) 100% 100% 86% (61%, 96%) 97% (89%, 99%) 89% (88%, 91%)
Table 2c. Patients with high clinical stage (T2 or higher). Pathologic features and Kaplan-Meier 5-year recurrence-free probabilities by PSA group. Data are represented as frequency (proportion) unless otherwise noted.
Pathologic features Pretreatment PSA (ng/ml)
0–0.5 0.6–1.0 1.1–2.0 2.0–3.0 >3.0
N=17 N=40 N=111 N=143 N=1737
Pathologic Gleason
 <=6 7 (41%) 29 (73%) 57 (51%) 55 (38%) 414 (24%)
 7 5 (29%) 9 (23%) 49 (44%) 79 (55%) 1068 (61%)
 >=8 3 (18%) 2 (5%) 3 (3%) 8 (6%) 225 (13%)
 Unknown 2 (12%) 0 (0%) 2 (2%) 1 (1%) 30 (2%)

Extracapsular Extension
 No 12 (71%) 33 (83%) 96 (86%) 100 (70%) 973 (56%)
 Yes 4 (24%) 7 (18%) 14 (13%) 41 (29%) 748 (43%)
 Unknown 1 (6%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 2 (1%) 16 (1%)

Seminal Vesicle Invasion
 No 14 (82%) 39 (98%) 108 (97%) 135 (94%) 1515 (87%)
 Yes 2 (12%) 1 (3%) 2 (2%) 6 (4%) 212 (12%)
 Unknown 1 (6%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 2 (1%) 10 (1%)

Lymph Node Involvement
 No 16 (94%) 39 (98%) 109 (98%) 141 (99%) 1606 (92%)
 Yes 1 (6%) 1 (3%) 2 (2%) 2 (1%) 131 (8%)

Non-Organ Confined
 No 12 (71%) 33 (83%) 96 (86%) 98 (69%) 924 (53%)
 Yes 4 (24%) 7 (18%) 14 (13%) 42 (29%) 793 (46%)
 Unknown 1 (6%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 3 (2%) 20 (1%)

5-Year Recurrence-Free Probability (95% C.I.) 75% (13%, 96%) 100% 94% (81%, 98%) 97% (92%, 99%) 77% (74%, 79%)