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Potential predictors of survival (biomarkers of outcome)
| Performance status |
| Co-morbidities [96] |
| Gleason grading score |
| Prostate specific antigen (PSA half-time, PSA nadir, time to PSA nadir, PSA doubling time after PSA nadir) |
| Inflammatory markers (C-reactive protein, IL-6) |
| Metabolic markers (body mass index, bone turnover markers) |
| Circulating tumor cells (CTC) / CTC genomic characteristics |
