Impact of Positive Apical Surgical Margins on Likelihood of Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2695-2701

  Kordan, Yakup ^a   Salem, Shady ^a   Chang, Sam S ^a   Clark, Peter E ^a   Cookson, Michael S ^a   Davis, Rodney ^a   Herrell, S Duke ^a   Baumgartner, Roxelyn ^a   Phillips, Sharon ^a   Smith Jr , Joseph A ^a   Barocas, Daniel A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

local; neoplasm recurrence; pathology; prostate; prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; surgical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 71849085161     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.054     Document Type: Article

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