Older patients appear to have an increased risk of prostate cancer recurrence
January 3rd, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer risks, prostatectomyA scietific team at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, aimed evaluate the effects of age at radical prostatectomy (RP) on recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with prostate cancer stratified by established preoperative risk factors (such as prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, Gleason score, and tumour stage). The team focused this problem because increasing age has been associated by urologists with more indolent behaviour in some cancers.
The sudy concluded that older patients who undergo RP appear to have an increased risk of recurrence. However, age is not an independent predictor of recurrence when accounting for PSA level, grade, and stage.