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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 9.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2020 Jul 2;78(5):661–669. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.06.043

Table 4 –

Multivariable Cox regression to predict cancer-specific mortality for after salvage lymph node dissection.

Variable Hazards ratio 95% CI p value
ISUP grade at RP
 ≤4 Ref. -
 ≥5 1.34 0.89, 2.03 0.2
PSA at sLND 1.01 1.00, 1.02 0.2
Number of nodes removed at sLND 1.00 0.97, 1.02 0.7
Number of positive nodes at sLND
 ≤2 Ref. -
 3+ 2.13 0.87, 5.20 0.10
PSA response
 No Ref. -
 Yes 0.45 0.28, 0.73 0.001
ADT administration within 6 mo from sLND
 No Ref. -
 Yes 0.51 0.31, 0.85 0.010
RT administration within 6 mo from sLND
 No Ref. -
 Yes 0.55 0.19, 1.58 0.3

ADT = androgen deprivation therapy; CI = confidence interval; ISUP = International Society of Urological Pathology; RP = radical prostatectomy; PSA = prostate-specific antigen; Ref. = reference; RT = radiation therapy; sLND = salvage lymph node dissection.