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. 2019 Apr 11;9(4):e024524. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024524

Table 5.

Patients in whom new information was found after complete sampling

Number of cases Biopsy Prostatectomy PSA course after RARP Follow-up (months)—mean
Initial PSA—mean cT stage Gleason score pT (N) stage Margin (R0, R1) Gleason score
1 13.0 T2b GG-1 T3b R1 GG-2 Rising PSA: 0.1 and 0.2 at 19 months 36.0
11 10.3 T1c-T2a GG1-3 T2-T3b R0-1 GG1-3 PSA<0.1 35.2
Case Biopsy Prostatectomy Change* PSA course after RARP Follow-up (months)
Initial PSA cT stage Gleason score pT(N) stage Margin (R0, R1) Gleason score
1 13 T2b 3+3=6, GG-1 T3b R1 3+4=7, GG-2 R0>R1 3 mm Gl3 Rising PSA: 0.1 and 0.2 at 19 months 36
2 7 T2a 3+3=6, GG-1 T2 R1 3+4=7, GG-2 R0>R1 1 mm Gl3 PSA<0.1 41
3 6 T1c 3+4=7, GG-2 T2 R1 3+4=7, GG-2 R0>R1 3 mm Gl3 PSA<0.1 26
4 11 T2a 4+5=9, GG-5 T3b N1 R1 4+3=7, GG-3 R0>R1 1 mm Gl4 PSA<0.1 42
5 4 T2a 3+3=6, GG-1 T2 R1 3+3=6, GG-1 R0>R1 1 mm Gl3 PSA<0.1 42
6 20 T1c 4+3=7, GG-3 T3b N1 R1 3+4=7, GG-2 R0>R1 2 mm Gl3 PSA<0.1 34
7 9 T2a 3+3=6, GG-1 T2 R1 3+3=6, GG-1 R0>R1 2 mm Gl3 PSA<0.1 40
8 8 T1c 3+3=6, GG-1 T3a R1 3+3=6, GG-1 R0>R1 1 mm and Gl3 and PT2>pT3a 0.7 mm PSA<0.1 39
9 14 T2a 3+3=6, GG-1 T3a R1 3+3=6, GG-1 PT2>pT3a 0.5 mm PSA<0.1 31
10 6 T2a 3+4=7, GG-2 T3a N1 R0 3+4=7, GG-2 PT2>pT3a 1 mm PSA<0.1 30
11 8 T1c 4+3=7, GG-3 pT3a N0 R1 4+3=7, GG-3 PT2>pT3a 1 mm PSA<0.1 36
12 20 T2a 3+3=6, GG-1 T3a R1 4+3=7, GG-3 PT2>pT3a 1 mm PSA<0.1 26

*Extent of involved margin in millimetre (mm); Gleason grade (Gl) at margin.

GG, grade group; RRAP, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.