Impact of Surgical Margin Status and Tumor Volume on Mortality After Robotic Radical Prostatectomy
After surgery to remove the prostate in men with prostate cancer, samples from the edge of the prostate that are positive for tumor cells are called positive surgical margins (PSMs). Results from our study show that a PSM on its own is not necessarily an adverse factor. However, PSMs may be a sign of higher severity of prostate cancer. We found that men with a high tumor volume have a higher risk of dying from their prostate cancer.
Authors
- Yeagyeong Hwang
- Whitney Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-0066)
- Linda My Huynh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8655-8587)
- Joshua Tran
- Thomas E. Ahlering (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6492-4910)
- Mai Xuan Nguyen
- Erica Huang
- Zaki Zeidan
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine Medical Center (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Urology Open Science
- Published
- 2024-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2024.12.004
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.26