在积极监测中,β-阻断剂阿提诺洛的使用与前列腺癌升级之间的关联
Ali H Zahalka1,2, Ethan Fram3, Evan Garden1
1Department of Urology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York New York USA.
BJUI compass
|November 14, 2024
概括
使用β-阻断剂阿提诺洛尔可能会降低在积极监测中的男性显著前列腺癌进展的风险. 这一发现表明阿提诺洛尔在治疗低风险前列腺癌方面可能发挥作用.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 上腺体信号与前列腺癌的进展有关.
- 像阿提诺洛尔 (atenolol) 这样的β-上腺素抗剂可能会影响这种途径.
研究的目的:
- 调查阿提诺洛尔使用与前列腺癌患者接受主动监测的病理升级风险之间的关联.
- 探索阿提诺洛尔对由β-上腺体信号传递介导的疾病进展的影响.
主要方法:
- 对467名患有低风险或有利的中等风险前列腺癌的男性进行了回顾性队列研究,并进行了积极监测 (2006-2020年).
- 暴露:使用阿提诺洛的持续时间和剂量.
- 结果:在最后的前列腺活检上,病理级组升级 (至GG≥3).
- 分析:考克斯的比例危险回归模型.
主要成果:
- 诊断后使用阿提诺洛尔与病理升级风险降低有关 (HR 0.81).
- 较长的持续时间 (>2年) 和较高的累积剂量 (>730 DDD) 的阿提诺洛尔显示出更明显的降低风险 (HR 0.41和HR 0.32,分别).
- 在诊断前启动阿提诺洛尔提供了比诊断后启动略有更大的保护作用.
结论:
- 使用阿诺洛尔的β-上腺激素阻塞与在积极监测中男性临床显著等级组病理升级的风险降低有关.
- 阿提诺洛尔可能在减轻精选患者前列腺癌进展方面发挥作用.
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