Table 3.
Surgical Pathology Among Men Who Underwent Immediate Surgery (RP) Versus Those Who Underwent Surgery After a Period of AS(AS + RP)
| Surgical Pathology | % |
P* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AS + RP (n = 74) | RP (n = 148) | ||
| Median months from diagnosis to surgery | 19.5 | 3 | |
| IQR | 14-36 | 3-4 | < .01 |
| Median months of follow-up after start of AS or primary RP | 37.5 | 35.5 | |
| IQR | 27-60 | 23-56 | .25 |
| Gleason grade | |||
| 2-6 | 31 | 49 | .07 |
| 7 (3 + 4) | 55 | 40 | |
| 7 (4 + 3) | 11 | 7 | |
| 8-10 | 3 | 3 | |
| Pathologic T stage, T3 | 32 | 23 | .13 |
| Pathologic N stage, N0 | 22 | 23 | .82 |
| Positive margins, yes | 15 | 9 | .23 |
| Extracapsular extension, yes | 27 | 19 | .17 |
| Seminal vesicle invasion, yes | 7 | 5 | .69 |
Abbreviations: RP, radical prostatectomy; AS, active surveillance; IQR, interquartile range.
*
T-test P for continuous variables; χ2 P for catagoric variables.