Assessment of biochemical recurrence rate in patients with pathologically confirmed insignificant prostate cancer. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVES: To examine the rate of biochemical recurrence (BCR) in patients with pathologically confirmed insignificant prostate cancer (PIPCa). METHODS: A total of 1358 patients underwent open retropubic radical prostatectomy at the University Medical Center Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany, and their specimens were whole-mounted, step-sectioned, and subjected to computer-based three-dimensional reconstruction. We identified patients who fulfilled the Epstein criteria for definition of PIPCa (tumor volume

publication date

  • August 9, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Recurrence

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 56449106307

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.urology.2008.04.053

PubMed ID

  • 18692880

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 72

issue

  • 6