A multinational, multi-institutional study comparing positive surgical margin rates among 22393 open, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy patients.
BACKGROUND: Positive surgical margins (PSMs) are a known risk factor for biochemical recurrence in patients with prostate cancer (PCa) and are potentially affected by surgical technique and volume. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether radical prostatectomy (RP) modality and volume affect PSM rates. DES...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2014
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