Neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy combined with radical prostatectomy and extended PLND for very high risk locally advanced prostate cancer: A retrospective comparative study

Jiahua Pan, Chenfei Chi, Hongyang Qian, Yinjie Zhu, Xiaoguang Shao, Jianjun Sha, Fan Xu, Yanqing Wang, Robert J. Karnes, Baijun Dong, Wei Xue

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Abstract

Objective: Docetaxel has been shown to be an effective chemotherapy agent when combined with androgen deprivation therapy for hormone sensitive metastatic prostate cancer (CaP). Since very high risk CaP has a high rate of occult metastatic disease and early recurrence, we hypothesize that patients with very high risk locally advanced CaP may benefit from docetaxel-based neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy (NCHT). Thus, we conducted a retrospective study to identify the outcome of these patients treated with NCHT followed by radical prostatectomy (RP). Patients and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 177 consecutive patients who had very high risk locally advanced CaP between March 2014 and July 2017. Patients received 3 different therapies: (i) 60 men in NCHT group, (ii) 73 men in neoadjuvant hormonal therapy (NHT) group, and (iii) 44 men received immediate RP without neoadjuvant therapy (No-NT group). Surgical outcomes were analyzed and survival differences were compared by the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: The NCHT group had statistically significant higher preoperative Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) (P < 0.002), higher Gleason score (P < 0.002), and more advanced clinical stage (P < 0.001) than other groups. After RP, 81% (42/52) of patients in NCHT group, 73% (51/70) of patients in NHT group, and 48% (21/44) of patients in No-NT group achieved an undetectable PSA (P < 0.001). A total of 14% (6/42) patients achieving a postoperative undetectable PSA experienced biochemical recurrence in the NCHT group, with median biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS) time of 19 months; 47% (24/51) experienced biochemical recurrence in the NHT group, with median bPFS time of 13 months; 81% (17/21) experienced biochemical recurrence in the No-NT group, with median bPFS time of 9 months (P < 0.001). The median follow-up time of 3 groups was 12.5 months in the NCHT group, 18.3 months in the NHT group, and 22.8 months in the No-NT group (P = 0.01). Conclusion: Despite having poorer prognostic factors, the NCHT group had better bPFS time after surgery compared to NHT and No-NT groups. Randomized controlled investigations are needed to validate these results and further follow-up is required for survival endpoints.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)991-998
Number of pages8
JournalUrologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume37
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2019

Keywords

  • Biochemical recurrence
  • Extended pelvic lymph node dissection
  • Neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy
  • Radical prostatectomy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Urology

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