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Histopathological results of radical prostatectomy specimen of men younger than 50 years of age at the time of surgery: possible implications for prostate cancer screening programs?

Gisa MehringDerya TilkiHans HeinzerThomas SteuberRandi M PoseImke ThederanLars BudäusGeorg SalomonAlexander HaeseUwe MichlTobias MaurerHartwig HulandMarkus GraefenHendrik Isbarn
Published in: World journal of urology (2023)
Our data show that the majority of patients who were diagnosed with PCa at a very young age had favorable histopathological RP characteristics. However, a non-negligible proportion of patients already showed locally advanced disease and would have probably benefited from earlier PCa detection. This should be kept in mind when PCa screening recommendations are proposed.
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