Positive Surgical Margins in Radical Prostatectomy: Outlining the Problem and Its Long-Term Consequences

European Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-99

  Yossepowitch, Ofer ^a   Bjartell, Anders ^b   Eastham, James A ^c   Graefen, Markus ^d   Guillonneau, Bertrand D ^c   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^e   Montironi, Rodolfo ^f   Montorsi, Franceso ^g  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^g VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochemical recurrence; Endorectal MRI; Frozen section analysis; Nerve sparing; Positive surgical margins; Prostate cancer; PSA; Radiation therapy; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDORECTAL NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FROZEN SECTION; GLEASON SCORE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NERVE SPARING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56249132433     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.09.051     Document Type: Review

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