Predictors of prostate cancer-specific anxiety following stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for clinically localized prostate cancer.

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Kamran Salari

University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

Kamran Salari , Nima Aghdam , Luara Gersony , Malika Danner , Marilyn Ayoob , Thomas M. Yung , Shaan Kataria , Siyuan Lei , Brian Timothy Collins , Deepak Kumar , Jonathan W. Lischalk , Anatoly Dritschilo , Simeng Suy , John J. Lynch , Sean P. Collins

Organizations

University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI) North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, Georgetown Univ Hosp, Washington, DC

Research Funding

Other

Background: Prostate Cancer (PCa) related anxiety varies widely based on management option. SBRT offers a safe and effective treatment for localized PCa. However, there is a paucity of data regarding PCa specific anxiety following SBRT and its relationship with PSA kinetics. In this report we present the results of a mail-in survey conducted amongst the participants of our prospective institutional quality of life (QOL) trial and identify sociodemographic and disease specific predictors of anxiety. Methods: Patients with localized PCa treated with SBRT at a single institution from 2007-2018 were eligible for inclusion in this study. The Memorial Anxiety Scale for PCa (MAX-PC) survey, was mailed to 450 patients on July of 2018. Patient’s total MAX-PC score (scale 0-54) was recorded. A score of ≥ 27 was defined as significant anxiety. Disease specific as well as demographic features were analyzed for possible correlation with self-reported anxiety. Results: By August 31, 2018, 227 patients had responded to the survey . The median score at all time points was 5 (1-41). Stratified by risk grouping; Low, Intermediate, and High Risk patients’ median scores were 7, 4.5 and 6. Six patients had a MAX-PC score≥27. Patients who were at least 2 years out from SBRT treatment had lower mean MAX-PC scores than those who were still within 2 years (6.3 versus 8.1, p = 0.045). Stratified by age, patients > 80 years old had a median score of 2 versus those < 70 with a median score of 6. Caucasian patients had lower mean MAX-PC scores than non-Caucasian patients (6.6 versus 9.1, p = 0.021). Patients who had at least a 0.5 ng/mL increase in PSA in their last 3 measurements had higher mean MAX-PC scores than those who did not (13.0 versus 7.0, p = 0.040). Conclusions: Patients with clinically localized PCa treated with SBRT experience minimal PCa specific anxiety. Anxiety surrounding PCa decreases with time. Non-Caucasian patients tended to have more anxiety than Caucasian patients. Patients who had recent PSA bounces tend to have higher levels of anxiety about their disease. Further follow-up of these patients over time would aid in assessing the progression of PCa specific anxiety as their lives progress.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session A: Prostate Cancer

Track

Prostate Cancer,Prostate Cancer

Sub Track

Prostate Cancer - Localized Disease

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl 7S; abstr 64)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.7_suppl.64

Abstract #

64

Poster Bd #

D10

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