2024
Risk factors for Gleason score upgrade from prostate biopsy to radical prostatectomy
Smani S, Sundaresan V, Lokeshwar S, Choksi A, Carbonella J, Brito J, Renzulli J, Sprenkle P, Leapman M. Risk factors for Gleason score upgrade from prostate biopsy to radical prostatectomy. Exploration Of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy 2024, 5: 981-996. PMID: 39280242, PMCID: PMC11390291, DOI: 10.37349/etat.2024.00259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGleason score upgradingProstate-specific antigenRisk factorsMagnetic resonance imagingRadical prostatectomyScore upgradingAssociated with Gleason score upgradingBiopsy to radical prostatectomyHigher-risk prostate cancerPatients treated with surgeryProstate magnetic resonance imagingClinically localized diseaseGleason grade groupLow-risk diseaseRecognition of risk factorsBody mass indexGleason upgradingFinal pathologyProstate volumeProstate biopsySource of diagnostic uncertaintyBiopsy coresLocalized diseaseProstate cancerInitial management
2023
Prostate cancer risk stratification using magnetic resonance imaging–ultrasound fusion vs systematic prostate biopsy
Khajir G, Press B, Lokeshwar S, Ghabili K, Rahman S, Gardezi M, Washington S, Cooperberg M, Sprenkle P, Leapman M. Prostate cancer risk stratification using magnetic resonance imaging–ultrasound fusion vs systematic prostate biopsy. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2023, 7: pkad099. PMID: 38085220, PMCID: PMC10733209, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkad099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnetic resonance imaging-ultrasound fusionMRF-TBLow-risk diseaseSystematic biopsyLower riskRisk groupingProstate biopsyActive surveillanceHigh riskProstate cancer risk stratificationIntermediate-risk criteriaIntermediate-risk diseaseSystematic prostate biopsyCancer risk stratificationPrimary study objectiveNCCN guidelinesImage-guided approachLocalized cancerRisk stratificationBenign findingsProstate cancerClinical riskDiagnostic yieldRetrospective analysisBiopsy
2016
Pathological and Biochemical Outcomes among African-American and Caucasian Men with Low Risk Prostate Cancer in the SEARCH Database: Implications for Active Surveillance Candidacy
Leapman MS, Freedland SJ, Aronson WJ, Kane CJ, Terris MK, Walker K, Amling CL, Carroll PR, Cooperberg MR. Pathological and Biochemical Outcomes among African-American and Caucasian Men with Low Risk Prostate Cancer in the SEARCH Database: Implications for Active Surveillance Candidacy. Journal Of Urology 2016, 196: 1408-1414. PMID: 27352635, PMCID: PMC5542578, DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.06.086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican American raceLow-risk prostate cancerAfrican American menRisk prostate cancerCaucasian manProstate cancerPathological upgradingBiochemical recurrenceFive-year recurrence-free survival ratesClinical low‐risk prostate cancerClinical low-risk diseaseRecurrence-free survival ratesCox proportional hazards analysisBiochemical recurrence outcomesEqual-access health systemLow-risk diseaseCohort of patientsLow-risk tumorsPositive surgical marginsProportional hazards analysisSearch databasesSEARCH cohortRecurrence outcomesRisk diseaseRisk tumorsPathologic and biochemical outcomes among African American and Caucasian men with low-risk prostate cancer in the search database: Implications for active surveillance candidacy.
Leapman M, Freedland S, Aaronson W, Kane C, Terris M, Amling C, Carroll P, Cooperberg M. Pathologic and biochemical outcomes among African American and Caucasian men with low-risk prostate cancer in the search database: Implications for active surveillance candidacy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2016, 34: 76-76. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.34.2_suppl.76.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBiochemical recurrenceAA raceCaucasian manProstate cancerAA menCaucasian raceEqual Access Regional Cancer Hospital (SEARCH) databaseClinical low-risk diseaseLow-risk prostate cancerRecurrence-free survival ratesCox proportional hazards analysisAdverse pathological findingsEqual-access health systemHigher median PSAImmediate radical prostatectomyLow-risk diseaseLow-risk tumorsPositive surgical marginsProportional hazards analysisLow-risk menAfrican American menUse of ASGleason upgradePathologic upgradingPathological upgrade