A multinational, multi-institutional study comparing positive surgical margin rates among 22393 open, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy patients.

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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Main Authors: Sooriakumaran, P, Srivastava, A, Shariat, S, Stricker, P, Ahlering, T, Eden, C, Wiklund, P, Sanchez-Salas, R, Mottrie, A, Lee, D, Neal, D, Ghavamian, R, Nyirady, P, Nilsson, A, Carlsson, S, Xylinas, E, Loidl, W, Seitz, C, Schramek, P, Roehrborn, C, Cathelineau, X, Skarecky, D, Shaw, G, Warren, A, Delprado, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2014

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