PMID: 11912397Mar 26, 2002Paper

Baseline prostatic specific antigen does not predict the outcome of high energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy

The Journal of Urology
M P LagunaJean J M C H de la Rosette

Abstract

We assessed the prognostic value of baseline prostate specific antigen (PSA) for outcome after high energy transurethral thermotherapy in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms. Data were collected prospectively in 404 consecutive patients treated with high energy transurethral thermotherapy with the Prostatron device (EDAP-Technomed, Lyon, France). Patients were followed a minimum of 1 year. At baseline certain criteria were assessed, including pretreatment PSA, uroflowmetry, ultrasound measurement of prostatic volume, voided and post-void residual urine volume, and International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) and quality of life scores. Outcome assessment included I-PSS, quality of life score and uroflowmetry of peak urine flow. Linear regression analyses were performed to correlate baseline PSA with improved clinical parameters at 12 months of followup. Logistic regression analyses and receiver operating characteristics curves characterized the ability of baseline PSA to discriminate patients with a more or less favorable outcome. An evident linear association was identified for prostate size at baseline and PSA. After 1 year 36 patients were treated again due to transurethral thermotherapy failure and 16 had died, which...Continue Reading

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