Radical prostatectomy: Positive surgical margins matter

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 974-979

  Meeks, Joshua J ^a   Eastham, James A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical recurrence; Positive surgical margins; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANATOMY; BLADDER NECK; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDLINE; METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEMINAL VESICLE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

BIOCHEMICAL RECURRENCE; POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGINS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY;

HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884669032     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2011.12.011     Document Type: Review

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