Open AccessGleason score at the margin can predict biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy, in addition to preoperative PSA and surgical margin status
Author(s) -
Sıdıka Şeyma Özkanli,
Ebru Zemheri,
Asıf Yıldırım,
Hatice Deniz Gür,
Mevlana Derya Balbay,
Serkan Şenol,
Ahmet Oğuz Özkanlı,
Erdal Alkan,
Tülay Zenginkinet,
Abdullah Aydın,
Turhan Çaşkurlu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-1303-128
Subject(s) - medicine , prostatectomy , biochemical recurrence , margin (machine learning) , surgical margin , urology , prostate cancer , surgery , resection , cancer , machine learning , computer science
To evaluate the relation between biochemical recurrence (BCR) of prostate cancer and the extent of positive surgical margins (PSMs), Gleason score (GS) of the tumor at the margins, and preoperative prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels.