Abstract
We evaluated whether a first-degree family history (FH) of prostate cancer (PCa) in Japanese patients undergoing robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RP) is correlated with clinicopathological variables and disease progression. We reviewed consecutive 392 localized PCa patients undergoing robotic-assisted RP at our institution between 2015 and 2020. Information on FH was obtained via a self-administered questionnaire. A positive FH was defined as having a first-degree FH: a father and/or one or more brothers with PCa prior to diagnosis. All patients had clinically localized PCa treated by robotic-assisted RP. We evaluated the relationship between clinical characteristics, pathological findings, and biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS) according to first-degree FH status. Median follow-up was 20.8 months. FH was identified in 42 (10.7%) patients. Patients in the FH group (median, 64.8 years) were diagnosed at a significantly younger age than patients in the non-FH (NFH) group (patients without FH) (median, 67.7 years) (p = 0.003). The 5-year bPFS in the FH and NFH groups was 72.0% and 78.1%, respectively (p = 0.90). A subgroup analysis revealed a significant difference in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) density between the FH group (median, 0.51 ng/ml/cm3 ) and the NFH group (median, 0.29 ng/ml/cm3 ) in patients younger than 60 years (p = 0.033). In this RP population, FH of PCa was not associated with worse clinical characteristics, pathological findings, or disease progression. Patients with a FH underwent surgery at a significantly younger age, and among patients <60 years, patients with a FH had significantly higher PSA density compared with patients without a FH.
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