Clinical and pathological features in patients undergoing RP with preoperative PSA.
| PSA (ng/ml) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Less than 0.15 | 0.15~0.25 | 0.26 or greater | χ2 | P |
| Patients | 15 | 36 | 14 | ||
| Age (M±SD) | 55.8±6.2 | 57.9±7.3 | 65.5±5.6 | <0.01 | |
| Clinical stage | 5.063 | 0.024 | |||
| T1c | 10 | 10 | 4 | ||
| T2a | 2 | 10 | 3 | ||
| T2b | 2 | 10 | 3 | ||
| T2c | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| T3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gleason score | 5.899 | 0.015 | |||
| <6 | 10 | 16 | 3 | ||
| 6~8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | ||
| >8 | 2 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Positive surgical margins | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7.519 | 0.006 |
| Capsular penetration | 4 | 18 | 10 | 5.729 | 0.017 |
| Seminal vesicle invasion | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4.738 | 0.030 |
| Positive lymph nodes | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5.351 | 0.021 |