Aggressive Prostate Cancers in Elderly Patients
- Conditions
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- Registration Number
- NCT01347476
- Lead Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Patients aged 70 years or older had a higher possibility of high risk cancer than younger patients.
- Detailed Description
Patients aged 70 years or older had a higher risk of advanced prostate cancer and shorter BCR-free survival than younger ones. Definite treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer should be actively considered in well-selected healthy patients older than 70 years.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 1333
- clinically localized prostate cancer
- good health status
- follow-up period more than 12 months
- insufficient clinical data
- poor health status
- clinically advanced prostate cancer
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method biochemical recurrences (BCR) 5 year-BCR BCR was defined as two consecutive increasing PSA values of more than 0.2 ng/mL
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pathologic outcomes postoperative 1 week biopsy or pathologic Gleason scores, mean percent of positive cores and tumor volume percent, Extracapsular extension and seminal vesicle invasion
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Seoul National University Boramae Hospital
🇰🇷Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Seoul National University Boramae Hospital🇰🇷Seoul, Korea, Republic of
