Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer is a Viable Option for Men Younger than 60 Years

PURPOSE: At most centers strict age criteria are lacking for eligibility for active surveillance of prostate cancer. Younger men are often counseled to undergo definitive treatment despite limited data on the outcomes of active surveillance in younger men. We compared clinical characteristics and outcomes in men who enrolled in active surveillance at age less than 60 vs 60 years old or older.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 2 institutional cohorts of a total of 2,084 men in whom prostate cancer was managed by active surveillance between 1995 and 2016. We compared outcomes in men who began active surveillance at age 60 vs 60 years or older using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards regression.

RESULTS: We identified 417 and 1,667 men who began active surveillance at younger than 60 and 60 years old or older, respectively, who met study inclusion criteria. At a median followup of 6.2 years we found no significant difference between men younger than 60 and 60 years old or older in the 5-year rates of biopsy progression-free survival (83% vs 83%), treatment-free survival (74% vs 71%), metastasis-free survival (99.7% vs 99.0%) or prostate cancer specific survival (100% vs 99.7%). Of the younger men 131 (31%) ultimately underwent treatment, including for pathological progression in 67% and prostate specific antigen progression in 18%. On multivariate analysis significant predictors of biopsy progression and progression to treatment among younger men were 20% or greater involvement of any core on diagnostic biopsy (HR 2.21, p = 0.003) and prostate specific antigen density 0.15 ng/ml/ml or greater (HR 1.93, p = 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS: Active surveillance is a viable option in select men younger than 60 years with low volume, low risk prostate cancer. However, patients must be surveyed closely and understand the significant likelihood of ultimately requiring treatment.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Urol. 2019 Apr;201(4):727. - PMID 30947474

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:201

Enthalten in:

The Journal of urology - 201(2019), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 721-727

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Salari, Keyan [VerfasserIn]
Kuppermann, David [VerfasserIn]
Preston, Mark A [VerfasserIn]
Dahl, Douglas M [VerfasserIn]
Barrisford, Glen W [VerfasserIn]
Efstathiou, Jason A [VerfasserIn]
Blute, Michael L [VerfasserIn]
Vesprini, Danny [VerfasserIn]
Loblaw, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Zietman, Anthony L [VerfasserIn]
Klotz, Laurence [VerfasserIn]
Feldman, Adam S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Age factors
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Prostate-specific antigen
Prostatectomy
Prostatic neoplasms
Watchful waiting

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Date Completed 15.05.2019

Date Revised 15.05.2019

published: Print

CommentIn: J Urol. 2019 Apr;201(4):727. - PMID 30947474

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/JU.0000000000000031

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM292917910