Long‐term outcomes after radical prostatectomy performed in a community‐based health maintenance organization

Abstract

The patient characteristics that had important, favorable correlation with survival included Gleason score < or = 6, T1 or T2 tumor status, and younger age at diagnosis. Lower prostate-specific antigen values at diagnosis, together with the former two parameters, also had a favorable correlation with PFS. Radical prostatectomy in a community-based health maintenance organization was followed by long-term PFS and OS comparable to outcomes reported from university-based practices. The impact of radical prostatectomy on survival remains to be demonstrated.