Does the Veterans Affairs Risk Analysis Index Overestimate Frailty in Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer?
Including localized PCa in RAI-A calculations overestimates frailty and predicted morbidity. Excluding the PCa diagnosis may better reflect surgical risk in low-risk or intermediate-risk patients, preventing unnecessary delays in treatment.
Authors
- Mihir R. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6477-9728)
- Shreyas Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-5298)
- Taylor Goodstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5062-5461)
- Ernest Morton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9123-507X)
- Pranay Manda
- Akanksha Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8226-7793)
- Dattatraya Patil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8242-9825)
- Siddharth Marthi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9235-1470)
- Martin G. Sanda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4288-5786)
- Mohammad Hajiha
Institutions
- Veterans Health Administration (US)
- Emory University Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Urology Practice
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/upj.0000000000000973
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00