Contemporary Incidence and Outcomes of Prostate Cancer Lymph Node Metastases.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The incidence of localized prostate cancer has decreased with shifts in prostate cancer screening. While recent population based studies demonstrated a stable incidence of locoregional prostate cancer, they categorized organ confined, extraprostatic and lymph node positive disease together. However, to our knowledge the contemporary incidence of prostate cancer with pelvic lymph node metastases remains unknown.

Materials and methods

We used SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) data from 2004 to 2014 to identify men diagnosed with prostate cancer. We analyzed trends in the age standardized prostate cancer incidence by stage. The impact of disease extent on mortality was assessed by adjusted Cox proportional hazard analysis.

Results

During the study

SUBMITTER: Bernstein AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6530582 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature