Table 1 Clinical and histological characteristics of M0CRPC patients.

From: Time to castration resistance is a novel prognostic factor of cancer-specific survival in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Patients, n

82

Age at PC diagnosis, years

71 (54–89)

Age at CRPC diagnosis, years

76 (55–94)

PSA at PC diagnosis, ng/mL

25.8 (3.82–534)

PSA at CRPC diagnosis, ng/mL

2.84 (2.04–22.5)

Clinical stage

Tx

12 (14.6)

T1-T2

32 (39.0)

T3

31 (37.8)

T4

7 (8.5)

N0

71 (86.6)

N1

11 (13.4)

Gleason scorea, n

6

4 (4.8)

7

22 (26.8)

8

17 (20.7)

≥ 9

39 (47.6)

Localized treatment

None

44 (53.7)

Radical prostatectomy

15 (18.3)

External beam radiation

17 (20.7)

Brachytherapy

6 (7.3)

Type of ADT

Surgical orchiectomy

5 (6.1)

Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist

76 (92.7)

Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone antagonist

1 (1.1)

Nadir PSA under ADT treatment, ng/mL

0.18 (0.00–14.7)

PSA reduction rate, %

99.4 (71.3–100)

TnPSA from the start of ADT, months

15 (1–126)

TTCRPC, months

53 (1–190)

PSADT, months

3.6 (0.8–32.4)

First-line treatment for CRPC

Docetaxel

23 (28.0)

Abiraterone acetate

6 (7.3)

Enzalutamide

21 (25.6)

Other therapies

Flutamide

19 (23.2)

Low-dose dexamethasone

9 (11.0)

Estramustine

4 (4.9)

Cycles of docetaxel treatment

6 (2–23)

  1. Continuous variables were reported as the median (range).
  2. PC prostate cancer, PSA prostate-specific antigen, ADT androgen deprivation therapy, CRPC castration-resistant prostate cancer, TnPSA time to nadir PSA from ADT initiation, TTCRPC time to CRPC diagnosis from ADT initiation, PSADT PSA doubling time.
  3. aAt prostate cancer diagnosis.