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ABSTRACT: Background
The optimal upfront treatment modality for patients with nonmetastatic Gleason Score 9 and 10 prostate cancer (GS 9-10 PCa) is unknown.Methods
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with GS 9-10 PCa treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) or external beam radiation therapy with androgen deprivation therapy (EBRT+ADT) from 1/2000 to 12/2010. Outcomes included overall survival (OS), distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS), and salvage/adjuvant therapy-free survival (SAFS), as assessed by Kaplan-Meier analysis.Results
We identified 1220 veterans with GS 9-10 PCa; 335 were treated with RP, and 885 were treated with EBRT+ADT. With a median follow-up of 9.9 years, propensity score-matched analyses demonstrated that RP had superior 10-year OS (70.8% [RP] vs. 61.2% [EBRT+ADT], p < 0.001), 10-year DMFS rates were similar between RP (76.7%) and EBRT+ADT (81.0%), and 10-year SAFS rates were lower for RP vs EBRT + ADT (35.2% [RP] vs. 75.2% [EBRT+ADT], p < 0.001). The receipt of salvage ADT was higher with upfront RP (51.9% vs. 26.1%, p < 0.001), despite receipt of adjuvant/salvage EBRT in 41.8% of RP patients. Among patients treated with RP, there were no differences in outcomes by race. However, higher survival rates were noted among Black patients treated with EBRT+ADT compared with White patients.Conclusions
This analysis demonstrated higher 10-year OS rates among men treated with upfront RP versus EBRT+ADT, though missing confounders and similar DMFS rates suggest the long-term cause-specific OS rates may be similar. We also highlight real-world outcomes of a diverse patient population in the VHA and improved outcomes for Black patients receiving EBRT+ADT.
SUBMITTER: Chao HH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9359878 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chao Hann-Hsiang HH Soni Payal D PD Dahman Bassam B Stilianoudakis Spiro C SC Ford Hampton H Singh Raj R Freedland Stephen J SJ Moghanaki Drew D Vapiwala Neha N Chang Michael G MG
Cancer medicine 20220315 15
<h4>Background</h4>The optimal upfront treatment modality for patients with nonmetastatic Gleason Score 9 and 10 prostate cancer (GS 9-10 PCa) is unknown.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with GS 9-10 PCa treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) or external beam radiation therapy with androgen deprivation therapy (EBRT+ADT) from 1/2000 to 12/2010. Outcomes included overall survival (OS), distant metastasis-free surviv ...[more]