Ninety-two patients with only 1 biopsy core with cancer and treated by radical prostatectomy were divided into 4 groups according to the biopsy Gleason score: 3 + 3 = 6 (23 cases), 3 + 4 = 7 (25 cases), 4 + 3 = 7 (20 cases), and 鈮? (24 cases).
Cases with Gleason score 鈮? showed a significantly higher proportion of extraprostatic extension (50%), positive surgical margins (21%), and seminal vesicle invasion (12%) when compared with the other groups. Patients with Gleason score 鈮? in the biopsy had a 25-fold increased in the odds ratio for extraprostatic extension in the prostatectomy. The incidence of extraprostatic extension was higher in those with prostatic cancer involving 鈮?0%of one core (88%) compared with cases involving <50%(32%).
In patients with prostate cancer limited to 1 biopsy core, the presence of Gleason score 鈮? significantly increased the incidence of extraprostatic extension, positive surgical margins, and seminal vesicle invasion. The odds ratio was substantially higher in patients with 鈮?0%of Gleason 鈮? in the biopsy core. These data might be taken into account for proper clinical management of this set of patients.