Evaluation of modern pathological criteria for positive margins in radical prostatectomy specimens and their use for predicting biochemical recurrence

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-331

  Bong, Gary W ^a   Ritenour, Chad W M ^b   Osunkoya, Adeboye O ^b   Smith, M Timothy ^a   Keane, Thomas E ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathology; Positive margins; Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58449122760     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08075.x     Document Type: Article

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