Do Margins Matter? The Prognostic Significance of Positive Surgical Margins in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Swindle, Peter ^a   Eastham, James A ^a   Ohori, Makoto ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^a   Wheeler, Thomas ^b   Maru, Norio ^b   Slawin, Kevin ^b   Scardino, Peter T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

prognosis; prostatectomy; recurrence; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GLEASON SCORE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGIN; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINAL VESICLE; SURGEON;

EID: 41649093952     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.03.137     Document Type: Article

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