How Bad are Positive Margins After Radical Prostatectomy and How are They Best Managed?

No AccessJournal of UrologyEditorial1 Oct 2009How Bad are Positive Margins After Radical Prostatectomy and How are They Best Managed?is companion ofLocation, Extent and Number of Positive Surgical Margins Do Not Improve Accuracy of Predicting Prostate Cancer Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy Matthew E. Nielsen Matthew E. NielsenMatthew E. Nielsen More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2009.07.071AboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail "How Bad are Positive Margins After Radical Prostatectomy and How are They Best Managed?." The Journal of Urology, 182(4), pp. 1257–1258 References 1 : Should a positive surgical margin following radical prostatectomy be pathological stage T2 or T3?: Results from the SEARCH database. J Urol2003; 169: 2142. Google Scholar 2 : Adjuvant radiotherapy for pathologically advanced prostate cancer: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA2006; 296: 2329. Google Scholar 3 : Postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy: a randomised controlled trial (EORTC trial 22911). Lancet2005; 366: 572. Google Scholar 4 : Anatomic site-specific positive margins in organ-confined prostate cancer and its impact on outcome after radical prostatectomy. Urology1997; 50: 733. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar 5 : Prognostic significance of location of positive margins in radical prostatectomy specimens. Urology2007; 70: 965. Google Scholar 6 : Correlation of pathologic findings with progression after radical retropubic prostatectomy. Cancer1993; 71: 3582. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar 7 : Site of positive surgical margins influences biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. BJU Int2009; . Epub ahead of print. Google Scholar 8 : Phase III postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy compared with radical prostatectomy alone in pT3 prostate cancer with postoperative undetectable prostate-specific antigen: ARO 96-02/AUO AP 09/95. J Clin Oncol2009; 27: 2924. Google Scholar 9 : Identification of patients with prostate cancer who benefit from immediate postoperative radiotherapy: EORTC 22911. J Clin Oncol2007; 25: 4178. Google Scholar 10 : Predicting the outcome of salvage radiation therapy for recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. J Clin Oncol2007; 25: 2035. Google Scholar Department of Surgery/Urology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina© 2009 by American Urological AssociationFiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsRelated articlesJournal of Urology14 Aug 2009Location, Extent and Number of Positive Surgical Margins Do Not Improve Accuracy of Predicting Prostate Cancer Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy Volume 182Issue 4October 2009Page: 1257-1258 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2009 by American Urological AssociationMetricsAuthor Information Matthew E. Nielsen More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...