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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Oct 31;94(2):254–262. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.056

Table 3.

Multivariable-adjusted association between very-high-risk status and failure endpoints

Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) P-value

Biochemical failure
  VHR vs. other NCCN high-risk 2.01 (1.29 – 3.11) 0.002
  Age ≥65 years 0.80 (0.52 – 1.24) 0.32
  African-American race 0.82 (0.52 – 1.29) 0.39
  Perineural invasion on biopsy 1.22 (0.78 – 1.89) 0.39
  Use of intensity-modulated radiation 0.75 (0.34 – 1.70) 0.50
  Radiation dose ≥72 Gy 0.73 (0.39 – 1.39) 0.35
  Androgen deprivation therapy (ref: none) ---
    Neoadjuvant-concurrent only 0.49 (0.24 – 0.97) 0.04
    Neoadjuvant-concurrent and adjuvant 0.50 (0.28 – 0.88) 0.02

Distant Metastasis
  VHR vs. other NCCN high-risk 2.49 (1.40 – 4.45) 0.002
  Age ≥65 years 0.71 (0.61 – 1.21) 0.21
  African-American race 1.09 (0.48 – 1.94) 0.77
  Perineural invasion on biopsy 1.21 (0.69 – 2.12) 0.51
  Use of intensity-modulated radiation 1.08 (0.37 – 1.83) 0.90
  Radiation dose ≥72 Gy 0.82 (0.31 – 2.15) 0.69
  Androgen deprivation therapy (ref: none) ---
    Neoadjuvant-concurrent only 0.78 (0.32 – 1.85) 0.57
    Neoadjuvant-concurrent and adjuvant 0.57 (0.30 – 0.88) 0.03

Prostate cancer-specific mortality
  VHR vs. other NCCN high-risk 3.19 (1.71 – 5.96) <0.001
  Age ≥65 years 0.80 (0.43 – 1.48) 0.47
  African-American race 1.26 (0.64 – 2.48) 0.50
  Perineural invasion on biopsy 0.92 (0.48 – 1.77) 0.81
  Use of intensity-modulated radiation 1.06 (0.25 – 4.55) 0.94
  Radiation dose ≥72 Gy 0.60 (0.18 – 1.99) 0.41
  Androgen deprivation therapy (ref: none)
    Neoadjuvant-concurrent only 0.57 (0.22 – 1.44) 0.24
    Neoadjuvant-concurrent and adjuvant 0.45 (0.22 – 0.94) 0.03

Overall mortality
  VHR vs. other NCCN high-risk 1.87 (1.26 – 2.77) 0.002
  Age ≥65 years 1.97 (1.30 – 2.97) 0.001
  African-American race 0.81 (0.54 – 1.21) 0.30
  Perineural invasion on biopsy 1.37 (0.93 – 2.01) 0.11
  Use of intensity-modulated radiation 0.94 (0.40 – 2.20) 0.89
  Radiation dose ≥72 Gy 0.76 (0.41 – 1.42) 0.39
  Androgen deprivation therapy (ref: none)
    Neoadjuvant-concurrent only 0.66 (0.37 – 1.16) 0.15
    Neoadjuvant-concurrent and adjuvant 0.54 (0.33 – 0.88) 0.01

Abbreviations: very-high-risk (VHR); National Comprehensive Care Network (NCCN)

Competing risk regression model was used for biochemical failure, distant metastasis, and prostate cancer-specific mortality. Cox proportional hazards model was used for overall mortality.