title: Comparison of tumor- and comorbidity-related predictors of mortality after radical prostatectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify and compare tumor- and non-tumor-related predictors of survival after radical prostatectomy and to incorporate the latter into the tumor node metastasis classification of prostate cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 402 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy (mean follow-up period 6.9 years) were stratified according to postoperative tumor stage, Gleason score, prostate-specific antigen level, age and five comorbidity classifications. Cox proportional hazard models were used to identify independent prognostic factors predicting overall survival.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Comorbidity (American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status classification), Gleason score and age, but not tumor stage, were independent predictors of overall survival. Based on tumor stage and the identified independent prognostic factors, an easily applicable prognostic score was developed to predict overall mortality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A prognostic classification of radical prostatectomy patients based on Gleason score, comorbidity and age and supplementary to a coarsened variant of the tumor node metastasis classification may be of clinical value.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Michael.Froehner@uniklinikum-dresden.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Froehner
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Rainer J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Litz
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Klenk
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oehlschlaeger
authors.forename: Gustavo B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Baretton
authors.forename: Manfred P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Wirth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D002423:Cause of Death; D015897:Comorbidity; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011379:Prognosis; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000401:mortality*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate