Age, CCI, preoperative functional status, ASA score, TNM stage of the prostate cancer, preoperative PSA level, tumor size, histological grade of the prostate cancer, grade of surgical complications, need for intraoperative blood transfusion, and the use of postoperative radiation therapy or androgen deprivation therapy were not significantly different between the two anesthetic techniques (Table 1). The gene discussed is KLK3; the disease is neoplasm.