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. 2019 Dec;76(6):831–842. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.08.019

Table 3.

Summary of cancer characteristics of PSA detected cancers using final clinical pathology (ie, if available after prostatectomy)a.

Genetic status BRCA2+ (n = 48) BRCA2– (n = 15) p value BRCA1+ (n = 33) BRCA1– (n = 20) p value
Median age (yr) at diagnosis 61 (56, 64) 64 (60, 66) 0.044 62 (57, 66) 61 (58, 62) 0.3
Median PSA (ng/ml) at diagnosis (IQR) 4.5 (3.6, 5.5) 4.2 (3.4, 6.1) 0.9 4.4(3.8, 5.9) 4.4 (3.6, 5.3) 0.7
Gleason score 6 18 (38) 11 (73) 0.019b 18 (55) 13 (65) 0.6a
Gleason score 7 (3 + 4) 15 (31) 1 (7) 9 (27) 4 (20)
Gleason score 7 (4 + 3) 9 (19) 2 (13) 4 (12) 3 (15)
Gleason score 8+ 6 (12) 1 (7) 2 (6) 0
T stage—T1/T2a 16 (35) 8 (57) 0.2b 9 (31) 8 (40) 0.6a
T Stage—T2b 2 (4) 2 (14) 0 1 (5)
T Stage—T2c/T3 28 (61) 4 (29) 20 (69) 11 (55)
Risk categoryc—low 11 (23) 9 (60) 0.011b 10 (30) 4 (20) 0.5a
Risk categoryc—intermediate 7 (14.5) 1 (7) 3 (9) 6 (30)
Risk categoryc—high 30 (62.5) 5 (33) 20 (61) 10 (50)
Screening round diagnosed—1 25 (52) 7 (47) 23 (70) 13 (65)
Screening round diagnosed—2 7 (14.5) 1 (7) 3 (9) 3 (15)
Screening round diagnosed—3 9 (19) 5 (33) 6 (18) 2 (10)
Screening round diagnosed—4 7 (14.5) 2 (13) 1 (3) 2 (10)
Active surveillance 8 (17) 7 (47) 5 (17) 6 (30)
Radical prostatectomy 32 (70) 6 (40) 22 (76) 12 (60)
Nonsurgical treatment 6 (13) 2 (13) 2 (7) 2 (10)

IQR = interquartile range; NICE = National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; PSA = prostate-specific antigen.

Some pathology information is not available from sites yet.

Values are presented as median (IQR) and n (%).

a

Note four cancers included in this analysis were diagnosed as a result of additional off-protocol repeat biopsies in men with high PSA.

b

p values calculated on difference between clinically significant disease and non–clinically significant disease.

c

Risk category classification system using NICE guidelines [21].