Open AccesspT0 Prostate Cancer: Predictive Clinicopathologic Features in an American Population
Author(s) -
Matthew J. Bream,
Laila Dahmoush,
James A. Brown
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1159/000343546
Subject(s) - medicine , prostatectomy , prostate cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , incidence (geometry) , prostate , cancer , biopsy , population , adenocarcinoma , prostate specific antigen , retrospective cohort study , oncology , urology , paleontology , physics , environmental health , optics , biology
The pT0 stage of prostate cancer describes the radical prostatectomy (RP) specimen where no cancer can be identified. Given known racial and geographic differences in prostate cancer incidence and survival, we reviewed our experience with pT0 disease to determine applicability of these predictive features in an American population.