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. 2012 Jan 31;2012:596029. doi: 10.5402/2012/596029

Table 2.

Comparison of outcome measures by pretreatment features and primary treatment.

Outcome measures
5-year OS P value1 5-year BFFS P value1 5-year CSS P value1
Gleason score
 8 77.2% 0.71 75.6% <0.001 96.1% 0.001
 9 74% 58.2% 95.9%
 10 70.6% 41.2% 76.5%
Pretreatment PSA (ng/mL)
 <10 80.7% 0.002 72.1% 0.001 98% <0.001
 10–20 83.3% 61.1% 100%
 >20 63.6% 51.1% 84.1%
Extent of disease at diagnosis
 Unilateral 79.7% 0.53 67.8% 0.54 97.2% 0.28
 Bilateral 77% 64.9% 95%
Percentage of positive cores
 <50% 79.8% 0.30 71.3% 0.02 95.7% 0.69
 ≥50% 75.5% 60.6% 94.9%
Months from diagnosis to treatment
 <3 76.5% 0.08 62.6% 0.29 94.2% 0.43
 3–12 81.6% 70.2% 97.2%
 >12 60% 70% 95%

1OS: Overall Survival; BFFS: Biochemical Failure-Free Survival; MFS: Metastasis-Free Survival; CSS: Cancer-Specific Survival.

2Pearson's Chi-Square test.