The homogeneous and heterogeneous risk factors for the morbidity and prognosis of bone metastasis in patients with prostate cancer

PURPOSE: Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (SEER) to assess the incidence and risk factors of morbidity and prognosis for bone metastases in initial metastatic prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The records of 249,331 prostate cancer patients in the SEER database, diagnosed between 2010 and 2014, were obtained were obtained to investigate the risk factors for developing bone metastasis, and the records of 9925 of them who registered before 2013 were retrieved (with at least 1 year follow up) to explore the prognostic factors for bone metastasis. Multivariate logistic and Cox regression were used to identify risk factors and prognostic factors for bone metastases, respectively. RESULTS: In total, 12,794 patients (5.1%) were diagnosed with bone metastases at the initial diagnosis. Older age, unmarried status, lymph node metastasis, poor tumor differentiation grade (Gleason grade), metastases at lung, brain, and liver were all positively associated with risk for the morbidity and prognosis of bone metastasis in prostate cancer. Black race and higher T stage were positively associated with bone metastasis development; however, they were not associated with a prognosis of bone metastasis. CONCLUSION: The incidence of bone metastasis in prostate cancer was approximately 5% with poor survival. The prostate cancer has homogeneous and heterogeneous risk factors for incidence and prognosis of bone metastasis, which may provide potential guidelines for the screening and preventive treatment for the bone metastasis of prostate cancer.