Preoperative predictors of cancerous involvement of the neurovascular bundles in patients with localized prostate cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-53

  Inoue, Takahiro ^a   Hioki, Takuichi ^b   Hayashi, Norio ^c   Takahashi, Satoru ^d   Shirai, Tomoyuki ^d   Sugimura, Yoshiki ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nerve sparing prostatectomy; Preoperative predictors; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036010622     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2002.00421.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Precise localization of the autonomic nerves from the pelvic plexus to the corpora cavernosa: A detailed anatomical study of the adult male pelvis
2. Frequency and location of extracapsular extension and positive surgical margins in radical prostatectomy specimens
3. Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy: Evaluation of results after 250 patients
4. Correlation of margin status and extraprostatic extension with progression of prostate carcinoma
5. The role of perineural space invasion in the local spread of prostatic adenocarcinoma
6. Influence of wide excision of the neurovascular bundle(s) on prognosis in men with clinically localized prostate cancer with established capsular penetration
7. Extended followup of the influence of wide excision of the neurovascular bundle(s) on prognosis in men with clinically localized prostate cancer and extensive capsular perforation
8. Correlation of pathologic findings with progression after radical retropubic prostatectomy
9. Number of positive systematic sextant biopsies predicts surgical margin status at radical prostatectomy
10. Preoperative prediction of surgical margin status in patients with prostate cancer treated by radical prostatectomy
11. Anatomic radical retropubic prostatectomy
12. Comparison of various assay systems for prostate-specific antigen standardization
13. Is the percentage of cancer in biopsy cores predictive of extracapsular disease in T1-T2 prostate carcinoma?
14. Systematic biopsies and digital rectal examination to identify the nerve-sparing side for radical prostatectomy without risk of positive margin in patients with clinical stage T2, N0 prostate carcinoma
15. Ability of sextant biopsies to predict radical prostatectomy stage
16. Relationship and significance of greatest percentage of tumor and perineural invasion on needle biopsy in prostatic adenocarcinoma
17. Incidence of positive surgical margins after biopsy-selected nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy
18. Accuracy of prostate needle biopsy in predicting extracapsular tumor extension at radical retropubic prostatectomy: Application in selecting patients for nerve-sparing surgery
19. Positive surgical margins at radical prostatectomy: Importance of the apical dissection
20. Comparative study of two different TRUS-guided sextant biopsy techniques in detecting prostate cancer in one biopsy session
21. The use of prostate specific antigen, clinical stage and Gleason score to predict pathological stage in men with localized prostate cancer
22. Combination of prostate-specific antigen, clinical stage, and Gleason score to predict pathological stage of localized prostate cancer
23. Evaluation of radical prostatectomy capsular margins of resection: The significance of margins designated as negative, closely approaching, and positive