Radical prostatectomy for pathologic stage C prostate cancer: influence of pathologic variables and adjuvant...

A retrospective analysis was performed on 1,035 patients with pathologic Stage C prostate cancer treated with bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy and radical retropubic prostatectomy. Of these patients, 661 received no immediate adjuvant treatment, 131 adjuvant radiotherapy only, and 103 postoperative adjuvant orchiectomy only. Overall crude survival at five, ten, and fifteen years was 91 percent, 68 percent, and 46 46 percent, respectively. Cause-specific survival was 96 percent, 81 percent, and 66 percent and overall nonprogression survival was 78 percent, 56 percent, and 48 percent at five, ten, and fifteen years, respectively. Patients with margin-positive and residual disease, high-grade tumors, large tumor bulk, and seminal vesicle involvement were more likely to receive adjuvant treatment. However, both univariately and multivariately, only tumor grade and increasing tumor volume correlated significantly with cause-specific survival and local and systemic progression. Adjuvant treatment significantly decreased local, systemic, and overall progression but did not improve cause-specific or crude survival. Orchiectomy and radiation appeared to demonstrate similar efficacy in controlling local recurrences: five-year local recurrence-free survival in this retrospective analysis was > 95 percent for both treatments compared with 84 percent for those without adjuvant treatment.