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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Evaluation of serum prostate-specific antigen velocity after radical prostatectomy to distinguish local recurrence from distant metastases.
Urology 1994 May
OBJECTIVE: Serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values are most useful for prediction of disease recurrence after surgery. It is unknown whether a detectable PSA level after surgery indicates a local recurrence potentially benefiting from pelvic irradiation or distant metastases requiring hormonal treatment.
METHODS: We analyzed postoperative rate of change of serum PSA levels as a predictor of local versus distant disease recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Between 1982 and 1991, 1,058 men underwent radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer and follow-up consisted of determining serum PSA levels and digital rectal examinations. Clinical follow-up of 542 men for four or more years and 78 men for eight or more years yielded ten-year actuarial disease recurrence rates of 4 percent for local recurrence, 8 percent for distant metastases, and 23 percent for an isolated elevation of serum PSA level only. Fifty-one patients with isolated elevations of PSA levels only were followed expectantly until they were diagnosed with either local or distant metastases.
RESULTS: A linear mixed effects regression analysis was used to model these data. Using these models, the time to a serum PSA level of 0.5 ng/mL, the PSA level one year following surgery, pathologic stage, Gleason sum, and the rate of change of PSA (PSA velocity [PSAV]) were tested as predictors of local versus distant metastases. A combination of PSAV, pathologic stage, and Gleason grade best distinguished local from distant metastases.
CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that PSAV in men with an isolated elevation of PSA levels following radical prostatectomy might aid in clinical decision making.
METHODS: We analyzed postoperative rate of change of serum PSA levels as a predictor of local versus distant disease recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Between 1982 and 1991, 1,058 men underwent radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer and follow-up consisted of determining serum PSA levels and digital rectal examinations. Clinical follow-up of 542 men for four or more years and 78 men for eight or more years yielded ten-year actuarial disease recurrence rates of 4 percent for local recurrence, 8 percent for distant metastases, and 23 percent for an isolated elevation of serum PSA level only. Fifty-one patients with isolated elevations of PSA levels only were followed expectantly until they were diagnosed with either local or distant metastases.
RESULTS: A linear mixed effects regression analysis was used to model these data. Using these models, the time to a serum PSA level of 0.5 ng/mL, the PSA level one year following surgery, pathologic stage, Gleason sum, and the rate of change of PSA (PSA velocity [PSAV]) were tested as predictors of local versus distant metastases. A combination of PSAV, pathologic stage, and Gleason grade best distinguished local from distant metastases.
CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that PSAV in men with an isolated elevation of PSA levels following radical prostatectomy might aid in clinical decision making.
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