Prostate Cancer

Data on prostate cancer detailed by researchers at Kobe University

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 11th, 2009

According to recent research published in the journal International Urology and Nephrology, "The objective of this study was to evaluate the significance of capsular incision (CI) at radical prostatectomy (RP) for men with prostate cancer. This study included 267 men who underwent RP without neoadjuvant therapy and were pathologically diagnosed as having organ-confined disease."

"CI was defined as exposing benign or malignant glands at the inked margin without documented extraprostatic extension. Pathological examinations identified CI in 53 RP specimens (19.9%), while CI was not detected in the remaining 214 specimens (80.1%). The locations of CIs in RP...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-08-11)

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