In multivariate analysis, men with rearranged ERG/ETV1 and normal PTEN had a marginally higher risk of dying from PCa (HR=1.82, 95% CI=1.01–3.26, P=0.04), but no effect was observed in cases with rearranged ERG/ETV1 and PTEN loss (HR=0.98, 95% CI=0.49–1.97, P=0.96). Here, PTEN is linked to posterior cortical atrophy.