Iatrogenic and non-iatrogenic positive margins: Incidence, site, factors involved, and time to PSA progression following radical prostatectomy

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-111

  Billis, Athanase ^a   Watanabe, Isabela C ^a   Costa, Matheus V ^a   Telles, Gilliat H ^a   Magna, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Prostate; Retropubic prostatectomy; Surgical margins

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEMINAL VESICLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41549090555     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-007-9198-6     Document Type: Article

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