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Frequency of Positive Surgical Margin at Prostatectomy and Its Effect on Patient Outcome

A positive surgical margin at prostatectomy is defined as tumor cells touching the inked edge of the specimen. This finding is reported in 8.8% to 42% of cases (median about 20%) in various studies. It is one of the main determinants of eventual biochemical (PSA) failure, generally associated with a...

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Autores principales: Iczkowski, Kenneth A., Lucia, M. Scott
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3200270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22110996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/673021