Meera R Chappidi, Daniel W Lin, Claire M de la Calle
{"title":"Editorial Comment.","authors":"Meera R Chappidi, Daniel W Lin, Claire M de la Calle","doi":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000004307","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urology","volume":" ","pages":"101097JU0000000000004307"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142605552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yifan Meng Griffin, Rosalia Misseri, Joshua D Roth, Benjamin M Whittam, Pankaj Dangle, Shelly King, Kirstan K Meldrum, Martin Kaefer, Mark P Cain, Richard C Rink, Konrad M Szymanski
{"title":"Use and Disuse of Catheterizable Channels as the Primary Method of Emptying the Neuropathic Bladder: A Single Institutional Cohort Study.","authors":"Yifan Meng Griffin, Rosalia Misseri, Joshua D Roth, Benjamin M Whittam, Pankaj Dangle, Shelly King, Kirstan K Meldrum, Martin Kaefer, Mark P Cain, Richard C Rink, Konrad M Szymanski","doi":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004313","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We aimed to assess long-term use of continent catheterizable urinary channels (CCCs) and explore potential risk factors of disuse.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>People undergoing appendicovesicostomy and Monti procedures at our institution were retrospectively reviewed (1991-2023). The main outcome was CCC disuse (not intermittently catheterizing channels as the primary method of bladder emptying). Cox regression was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five hundred sixty-one people (46% male, 57% shunted, 72% spina bifida) met inclusion criteria (244 appendicovesicostomy, 317 Monti; 69% right lower quadrant [RLQ]). Channels were created at a median age of 8 years (median follow-up: 11 years, 78% self-catheterized). Overall, 76 people disused their channels. The most common reasons for disuse were nonmechanical (64%). After disuse, 46% underwent incontinent diversion. After correcting for differential follow-up, 89% of people still used their channels at 10 years and 81% at 20 years. When analyzing all disused channels in patients reaching adulthood on multivariable analysis, channels catheterized by others had 3.78 times the risk of disuse compared with self-catheterized channels (<i>P</i> < .001); RLQ channels were 1.06 times more likely to be disused than umbilical channels (<i>P</i> = .02). For channels disused for nonmechanical reasons, catheterization by others, not attending transition clinic, and RLQ stoma were independently associated with disuse (<i>P</i> ≤ .04). No variables were associated with disuse for mechanical reasons (<i>P</i> ≥ .22).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Most people with CCCs use them on long-term follow-up. One percent stopped using them annually. People who never self-catheterized, never attended transition clinic, or never had RLQ stomas were at higher risk of channel disuse, particularly because of nonmechanical reasons.</p>","PeriodicalId":17471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urology","volume":" ","pages":"101097JU0000000000004313"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142575926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of UrologyPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-25DOI: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004155
Zhipeng Mai, Weigang Yan
{"title":"Letter: Comparing Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Positron Emission Tomography for Prediction of Extraprostatic Extension of Prostate Cancer and Surgical Guidance: A Prospective Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Zhipeng Mai, Weigang Yan","doi":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004155","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004155","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urology","volume":" ","pages":"757-758"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141759538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of UrologyPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-26DOI: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004158
Soumyajit Roy, Yilun Sun, Kim N Chi, Michael Ong, Shawn Malone, Christopher J D Wallis, Amar U Kishan, Julia Malone, Umang Swami, Georges Gebrael, Jason R Brown, Angela Y Jia, Scott C Morgan, Fred Saad, Simon Chowdhury, Neeraj Agarwal, Daniel E Spratt
{"title":"Early Prostate-Specific Antigen Response by 6 Months Is Predictive of Treatment Effect in Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer: An Exploratory Analysis of the TITAN Trial.","authors":"Soumyajit Roy, Yilun Sun, Kim N Chi, Michael Ong, Shawn Malone, Christopher J D Wallis, Amar U Kishan, Julia Malone, Umang Swami, Georges Gebrael, Jason R Brown, Angela Y Jia, Scott C Morgan, Fred Saad, Simon Chowdhury, Neeraj Agarwal, Daniel E Spratt","doi":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004158","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004158","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Early PSA response has been found to be prognostic of outcomes in metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer. We performed a secondary analysis of the TITAN trial to determine if early PSA response was predictive of treatment efficacy in metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer patients.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Early PSA response was defined as achieving a PSA level of ≤ 0.2 ng/mL by 6 months of random assignment. A Cox proportional hazard model was constructed in a landmark population with an interaction term between the treatment and early PSA response to determine differential treatment effect on overall survival (OS). We applied multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression model with time to early PSA response fitted with restricted cubic spline to determine the association of time to early PSA response with OS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Approximately 24% (124/524) of patients in the androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) alone group and 61% (321/524) in the apalutamide group had PSA response ≤ 0.2 ng/mL by 6 months. Longer time to early PSA response was associated with significantly superior OS in the apalutamide group. There was a significant difference in treatment effect from apalutamide on OS (<i>P</i> = .03 for interaction) among 6-month PSA responders (HR: 0.66; 95% CI: 0.44-1.00) vs nonresponders (HR: 1.14; 95% CI: 0.89-1.46). This difference in treatment effect was not statistically significant at 3 months (<i>P</i> = .17 for interaction). Among 6-month PSA responders, 3-year confounder-adjusted OS was 84% (80%-88%) for the apalutamide group and 74% (66%-82%) for the ADT alone group. Among nonresponders, 3-year adjusted OS for the 2 treatment arms were 58% (52%-65%) and 56% (51%-60%), respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Early PSA response by 6 months was a predictor of treatment efficacy from ADT plus apalutamide on OS. Longer time to early PSA response was associated with superior OS in the apalutamide arm.</p>","PeriodicalId":17471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urology","volume":" ","pages":"672-681"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141766460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of UrologyPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-31DOI: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004159
Riccardo Leni, Andrew Julian Vickers, Klaus Brasso, Francesco Montorsi, Alberto Briganti, Torben Kjær Nielsen, Andreas Røder, Hein Vincent Stroomberg
{"title":"Management and Oncologic Outcomes of Incidental Prostate Cancer After Transurethral Resection of the Prostate in Denmark.","authors":"Riccardo Leni, Andrew Julian Vickers, Klaus Brasso, Francesco Montorsi, Alberto Briganti, Torben Kjær Nielsen, Andreas Røder, Hein Vincent Stroomberg","doi":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004159","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004159","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Approximately 1 in 10 patients without prior prostate biopsy undergoing surgery for lower urinary tract symptoms harbors incidental prostate cancer; however, practice guidelines do not provide recommendations for its management. We aimed at describing the oncologic outcomes of patients with Grade Group (GG) 1 and GG2 prostate cancer diagnosed at transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This was a nationwide, population-based, observational study of patients undergoing TURP in Denmark from 2006 to 2022 using the Danish Prostate Registry. We estimated the cumulative incidence of further biopsies and MRI, curative treatment, endocrine treatment, and cause-specific mortality with competing risk analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 24,494 patients who underwent TURP, there were 1016 men with GG1 and 381 with GG2 prostate cancer. The 5-year cumulative incidence of further MRIs or biopsies was 36% (95% CI 33%-39%) for GG1 and 30% (95% CI 25%-34%) for GG2 disease. Fifteen-year prostate cancer mortality was 8.4% (95% CI 5.3%-11%) for GG1 and 14% (7.5%-21%) for GG2. A total of 270 men with GG1 disease underwent a biopsy after the TURP, and 162 (60%) had no cancer; in this group, prostate cancer mortality after 15 years was 0.6% (95% CI 0%-1.8%). Men with post-TURP biopsy ≥ GG2 had a prostate cancer mortality of 30% (95% CI 9%-50%) 15 years post TURP. The major limitation was the heterogeneous follow-up, which could lead to an overestimation of prostate cancer mortality compared to a more standardized follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We observed high prostate cancer mortality after TURP with GG1 or GG2, likely due to unsampled high-grade cancer in the peripheral zone. Patients with incidental prostate cancer should be further investigated to rule out high-grade cancer. For patients with GG1 on TURP, once a subsequent biopsy does not show cancer, follow-up should be lessened similar to that of patients with an initial nonmalignant biopsy.</p>","PeriodicalId":17471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urology","volume":" ","pages":"692-700"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141860211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of UrologyPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-25DOI: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004152
Dean G Assimos
{"title":"Endourology and Nephrolithiasis.","authors":"Dean G Assimos","doi":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000004152","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urology","volume":"212 5","pages":"769-771"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142605670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of UrologyPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-05DOI: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004138
Paul Riviere, Leah N Deshler, Kylie M Morgan, Edmund M Qiao, Alex K Bryant, Brent S Rose
{"title":"Prostate-Specific Antigen Stratification for Predicting Advanced Prostate Cancer Events in Men Approaching Age Limits for Recommended Screening.","authors":"Paul Riviere, Leah N Deshler, Kylie M Morgan, Edmund M Qiao, Alex K Bryant, Brent S Rose","doi":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004138","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Our goal was to quantify the ability of various PSA values in predicting the likelihood of developing metastatic or fatal prostate cancer in older men.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We used a random sample of patients in the US Veterans Health Administration to identify 80,706 men who had received PSA testing between ages 70 to 75. Our primary end point was time to development of either metastatic prostate cancer or death from prostate cancer. We used cumulative/dynamic modeling to account for competing events (death from non-prostate cancer causes) in studying both the discriminative ability of PSA as well as for positive predictive value and negative predictive value at 3 time points.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PSA demonstrated time-dependent predictive discrimination, with receiver operating characteristic area under the curve at 5, 10, and 14 years decreasing from 0.83 to 0.77 to 0.73, respectively, but without statistically significant difference when stratified by race. At PSA thresholds between 1 and 8 ng/mL, the positive predictive value of developing advanced prostate cancer was significantly greater in Black than White patients. For instance, at a PSA > 3, at 5, 10, and 14 years, White patients had 2.4%, 2.9%, and 3.7% risk of an event, whereas Black patients had 4.3%, 6.5%, and 8.3% risk.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In men aged 70 to 75 deciding whether to cease PSA testing with borderline-elevated PSA values, the risk of developing metastatic or fatal prostate cancer is quantifiable and relatively low. Risk assessment in this setting must account for the higher incidence of prostate cancer in Black men.</p>","PeriodicalId":17471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urology","volume":" ","pages":"701-709"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141538001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of UrologyPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004219
{"title":"MP75-10 Nocturia Across the Heart Failure Continuum: Results From an Outpatient Urology Population: Erratum.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/JU.0000000000004219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000004219","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urology","volume":"212 5","pages":"781"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142391462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}