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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Can J Urol. 2016 Jun;23(3):8271–8277.

TABLE 2.

Pre and post-radiotherapy characteristics

Robotic
(n = 20)
Open
(n = 19)
p value
Mean pre-radiation PSA (ng/mL) 12.1 ± 15.5 10.1 ± 10.9 0.545
Pre-radiation biopsy Gleason sum n (%) n (%) 0.155
  6 3 (15%) 6 (32%)
  7 10 (50%) 10 (53%)
  8 2 (10%) 1 (5%)
  9 4 (20%) 0
  Unknown 1 (5%) 2 (11%)
Pre-radiation clinical stage 0.992
  cT1 11 (55%) 12 (63.1%)
  cT2 4 (20%) 4 (21%)
  cT3 3 (15%) 3 (15.7%)
  Unknown 2 (10%) 0
Primary therapy 0.899
  EBRT or proton 13 (65%) 11 (57.8%)
  Brachytherapy or brachytherapy/EBRT 7 (35%) 8 (42.1%)
Mean PSA nadir (ng/mL) 0.38 ± 0.37 0.70 ± 0.60 0.116
Mean Pre-SRALP PSA 2.5 ± 2.4 4.5 ± 3.1 0.021
Post-radiation biopsy Gleason sum n (%) n (%) 0.58
  7 4 (20%) 8 (42.1%)
  8 4 (20%) 4 (21%)
  9 2 (10%) 3 (15.7%)
  10 1 (5%) 0
  Unknown/unable to be determined 9 (45%) 4 (21%)