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Correlation between upgrading of prostate biopsy and biochemical failure and unfavorable pathology after radical
Cuneyt Ozden1, Cetin Volkan Oztekin, Ozgur Ugurlu
1Department of Urology, Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. cuneytozden@hotmail.com
Objective:
To evaluate whether upgrading of the biopsy after radical prostatectomy (RP) affects disease outcome in terms of unfavorable pathology and biochemical failure.
Patients And Methods:
We retrospectively evaluated the records of 174 patients who underwent RP. Prostate biopsy and RP specimen Gleason scores (GSs) and correlative clinical data were recorded, and a multivariate analysis was applied.
Results:
Overall (138 patients), the disease of 69 men (50.0%) was upgraded, in 19 (13.8%) it was downgraded, and in 50 (36.2%) it had an identical biopsy and pathological GS. Accuracy rates were significantly higher for GS 8-10 compared to low GSs, with a concordance of 50.0 and 12.2%, respectively (p < 0.01). Multivariate analysis revealed the single independent prognostic factor for a non-organ-confined disease as a RP GS 8-10 (p = 0.035). The factors associated with a positive surgical margin were a biopsy GS 8-10 (p < 0.001) and the presence of biopsy score upgrading (p = 0.02). Biopsy GS >or=8 (p < 0.001) and presence of biopsy score upgrading (p = 0.009) were the two independent predictors of relapse after RP.
Conclusion:
This study demonstrated that biopsy upgrading was present in almost half of the patients who underwent RP and it was significantly related to positive surgical margins and biochemical relapse after RP.
