Aggressive Prostate Cancers in Elderly Patients

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prostatic Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01347476

old age prostate

elderly pts with high risk CaP

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients aged 70 years or older had a higher possibility of high risk cancer than younger patients.

Full description

Patients aged 70 years or older had a higher risk of advanced prostate cancer and shorter BCR-free survival than younger ones. Definite treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer should be actively considered in well-selected healthy patients older than 70 years.

Enrollment: 1,333 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinically localized prostate cancer
• good health status
• follow-up period more than 12 months

Exclusion criteria

• insufficient clinical data
• poor health status
• clinically advanced prostate cancer

Trial design

1,333 participants in 2 patient groups

patients older than 70 years

patients 70 years or younger