Radical prostatectomy for octogenarians: How old is too old?

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• 作者：R. Houston Thompson ; Jeffrey M. Slezak ; W. Scott Webster ; Michael M. Lieber
• 刊名：Urology
• 出版年：2006
• 期刊代码：267_00904295
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：November 2006
• 卷：68
• 期：5
• 页码：1042-1045
• 文件大小：143 K

摘要

>Objectives

As the population ages, healthy octogenarians are increasingly diagnosed with prostate cancer. Some of these patients will request radical prostatectomy (RP), although outcome data in this population group are lacking. We report our experience with patients undergoing RP during their ninth decade of age.

Methods

From 1986 to 2003, 13,154 patients underwent RP at our institution. Of these patients, 19 (0.14%) were 80 years old or older at surgery and were included in this analysis. Patient survival and quality-of-life measures were retrospectively obtained from the Mayo Clinic Prostatectomy Registry.

Results

The reasons for RP varied, but usually patients requested or demanded operative intervention. At surgery, the mean patient age was 81 years (range 80 to 84), the median prostate-specific antigen level was 10.2 ng/mL (range 1.3 to 45.9), and the mean American Society of Anesthesiologists score was 2.4 (range 2 to 3). Of the 19 patients, 13 (68%) had Stage pT3 disease or a Gleason score of 7 or more. The median follow-up was 10.5 years (range 1.2 to 14.2). At the last follow-up visit, 10 patients had survived more than a decade after RP and 3 patients had died within 10 years of surgery. The remaining 6 patients were alive at less than 10 years of follow-up. Of the 19 patients, 14 (74%) were continent; 1 patient required an artificial sphincter. No patient had died of prostate cancer, and the 10-year all-cause survival rate was similar to that observed in healthy patients 60 to 79 years old undergoing RP.

Conclusions

On rare occasions, healthy and well-informed octogenarians will request RP for prostate cancer treatment. Our data suggest that select patients can achieve satisfactory oncologic and functional outcomes after surgery, although the rate of urinary incontinence is increased compared with that in younger counterparts.