Predictive Value of Positive Surgical Margins after Radical Prostatectomy for Lymph Node Metastasis in Locally Advanced Prostate Carcinoma

Introduction. Suspected locally advanced prostate carcinoma shows lymph node involvement in a high percentage of cases. For a long time, such patients were not radically prostatectomised. In recent years, however, this viewpoint has changed. Material and Methods. We analysed a single-centre series o...

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Main Authors: Wolfgang Otto, Peter Gerber, Wolfgang Rößler, Wolf F. Wieland, Stefan Denzinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Urology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/618574