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Short (≤1 mm) positive surgical margin and risk of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy
Author(s) -
Shikanov Sergey,
Marchetti Pablo,
Desai Vikas,
Razmaria Aria,
Antic Tatjana,
AlAhmadie Hikmat,
Zagaja Gregory,
Eggener Scott,
Brendler Charles,
Shalhav Arieh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2012.11340.x
Subject(s) - biochemical recurrence , prostatectomy , breakpoint cluster region , prostate cancer , pathological , surgical margin , medicine , urology , proportional hazards model , hazard ratio , stage (stratigraphy) , prostate specific antigen , nomogram , oncology , cancer , biology , receptor , confidence interval , paleontology
What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? It has been suggested that a very short positive margin does not confer additional risk of BCR after radical prostatectomy. This study shows that even very short PSM is associated with increased risk of BCR .Objective To re‐evaluate, in a larger cohort with longer follow‐up, our previously reported finding that a positive surgical margin ( PSM ) ≤1 mm may not confer an additional risk for biochemical recurrence ( BCR ) compared with a negative surgical margin ( NSM ).Patients and Methods Margin status and length were evaluated in 2866 men treated with radical prostatectomy ( RP ) for clinically localized prostate cancer at our institution from 1994 to 2009. We compared the BCR ‐free survival probability of men with NSMs , a PSM ≤ 1 mm, and a PSM < 1 mm using the Kaplan–Meier method and a Cox regression model adjusted for preoperative prostate‐specific antigen ( PSA ) level, age, pathological stage and pathological Gleason score ( GS ).Results Compared with a NSM , a PSM ≤ 1 mm was associated with 17% lower 3‐year BCR ‐free survival for men with pT3 and GS ≥ 7 tumours and a 6% lower 3‐year BCR ‐free survival for men with pT2 and GS ≤ 6 tumours (log‐rank P < 0.001 for all). In the multivariate model, a PSM ≤ 1 mm was associated with a probability of BCR twice as high as that for a NSM (hazard ratio [ HR ] 2.2), as were a higher PSA level ( HR 1.04), higher pathological stage ( HR 2.7) and higher pathological GS ( HR 3.7 [all P < 0.001]).Conclusion In men with non‐organ‐confined or high grade prostate cancer, a PSM ≤ 1 mm has a significant adverse impact on BCR rates.

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