The presence of intraductal carcinoma of the prostate in needle biopsy as a prognostic parameter for prostate cancer patients with distant metastasis.

Abstract

237 Background: The presence of intraductal carcinoma of the prostate (IDC-P) is an adverse prognostic factor for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) failure, progression-free survival, and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in localized prostate cancer patients. However, there is no data indicating whether the presence of IDC-P can influence outcome in prostate cancer patients with distant metastasis at presentation. We aimed to evaluate whether IDC-P in needle biopsies is also an adverse prognostic parameter for CSS in prostate cancer patients with distant metastasis. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 159 prostate cancer patients with distant metastasis who presented at the hospitals that the authors are affiliated with between 2002 and 2012 and reviewed the slides prepared from prostate needle biopsy specimens. Data on the patient age, performance status, clinical T stage, serum PSA, C-reactive protein, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), hemoglobin (Hb), albumin, serum calcium, biopsy Gleason score (> 8 or not), the presence of Gleason pattern 5, the percent of the core involved with cancer, and the maximum percent of a core involved with cancer were analyzed. Patient characteristics were analyzed using the Fisher's exact test. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression models were developed to predict CSS. Results: Patient median age was 73 years (range 47–90 years). The median serum PSA was 290 ng/mL (range 4.18–10,992 ng/mL). The median follow-up period was 36 months (range 3–120 months). IDC-P component was detected in 103 (64.8%) patients. There were 82 patients who died of the disease and 6 patients who died of other causes. Using univariate analysis, IDC-P (p = 0.0001), the presence of Gleason pattern 5 (p = 0.005), the percent of the core involved with cancer (p = 0.002), Hb (p = 0.001), and high ALP (p = 0.002) were all shown to be significantly associated with CSS. In the multivariate analysis, only IDC-P (p = 0.016; hazard ratio, 2.187) was significantly associated with CSS. Conclusions: The presence of IDC-P in needle biopsy is a prognostic parameter for CSS in patients with distant metastasis at presentation.