TABLE 1

Patient Characteristics

Characteristicn = 203
Median age (y)64 (range, 44–78)
Type of surgery
 SLN + ePLND49 (24.2%)
 SLN + ePLND + prostatectomy154 (75.8%)
D’Amico score
 2163 (80%)
 340 (20%)
Tumor stage
 T172 (35.3%)
 T2a90 (44.6%)
 T2b28 (13.7%)
 T3a13 (6.4%)
Median initial prostate-specific antigen (ng/mL)8 (range, 2–130)
 <10115
 10–1960
 20–4922
 50–995
 >1001
Gleason biopsy
 643
 3 + 4105
 4 + 339
 4 + 411
 4 + 55
No. of cores taken
 Mean19.74
 Median18
 Range6–28
Percentages of positive cores (%)
 Mean39.1
 Median36
 Range4–100
Gleason after surgery (154 patients)
 637
 3 + 488
 4 + 320
 4 + 45
 4 + 54
Histopathologic stage
 pT278
 pT3a51
 pT3b25