Cribriform Pattern Is a Predictive Factor of PSA Recurrence in Patients Receiving Radiotherapy After Prostatectomy

MASAHIRO KAWAHARA, AKIRA TANAKA, KEIKO AKAHANE, MASASHI ENDO, YUKIKO FUKUDA, KOHEI OKADA, KAZUNARI OGAWA, SATORU TAKAHASHI, MICHIKO NAKAMURA, TSUZUMI KONISHI, KIMITOSHI SAITO, SATOSHI WASHINO, TOMOAKI MIYAGAWA, MASAHIRO HIRUTA, HISASHI OSHIRO, NORIKO OYAMA-MANABE, KATSUYUKI SHIRAI · 2024

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Description

After prostate removal, a sieve-like growth pattern in the tumor may warn that radiation will fail to hold the line. Masahiro Kawahara and co-authors test that warning in a 2024 review of fifty patients treated with radiation after prostatectomy.

Most men received salvage radiation once their PSA rose again, at a median of about three years after surgery. Doses centered near sixty-four gray, with hormone therapy added for some. Over a median follow-up of about thirty-one months, no cancer returned at the surgery bed itself. The cribriform pattern, a perforated sheet arrangement of tumor cells, predicted renewed PSA climbs. Spotting it in the removed gland could steer men toward closer watching or added treatment.

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CREATORMASAHIRO KAWAHARA, AKIRA TANAKA, KEIKO AKAHANE, MASASHI ENDO, YUKIKO FUKUDA, KOHEI OKADA, KAZUNARI OGAWA, SATORU TAKAHASHI, MICHIKO NAKAMURA, TSUZUMI KONISHI, KIMITOSHI SAITO, SATOSHI WASHINO, TOMOAKI MIYAGAWA, MASAHIRO HIRUTA, HISASHI OSHIRO, NORIKO OYAMA-MANABE, KATSUYUKI SHIRAI
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
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VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11534056

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