The impact of prognostic group classification on prostate cancer progression in intermediate-risk patients according to the European Association of Urology system: results in 479 patients treated with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy at a single tertiary referral center.
Antonio Benito PorcaroAlberto BianchiAndrea PanunzioSebastian GallinaAlessandro TafuriEmanuele SerafinRossella OrlandoGiovanni MazzucatoStefano VidiriDamiano D'AiettiFrancesca MontanaroGiulia Marafioti PatuzzoFrancesco ArtoniAlberto BaielliFrancesco DitonnoRiccardo RizzettoAlessandro VecciaAlessandra GozzoVincenzo De MarcoMatteo BrunelliMaria Angela CerrutoAlessandro AntonelliPublished in: Therapeutic advances in urology (2024)
The study identified factors predicting disease progression that allowed the computation of highly correlated prognostic groups. As the prognosis worsened, the risk of PCa progression increased. Intermediate-risk PCa needs more prognostic stratification for appropriate management.