Post-RP Recurrence

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Steve Jordan - 09 May 2008 22:16 GMT

From the Journal of Urology, Volume 179, Issue 5, Pages 1791-1796 (May
2008):

"Risk Stratification for Biochemical Recurrence in Men With Positive
Surgical Margins or Extracapsular Disease After Radical Prostatectomy:
Results From the SEARCH Database."

The study cohort of 902 men had positive surgical margins and/or
extracapsular disease without seminal vesicle invasion or lymph node
metastasis.

At a median of 3 years of followup 346 patients (39%) had biochemical
recurrence.

See, http://www.jurology.com/article/S0022-5347(08)00049-9/fulltext

Regards,

Steve J

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Russ Davies - 19 May 2008 01:19 GMT

On 09 May 2008, you wrote in alt.support.cancer.prostate:

> From the Journal of Urology, Volume 179, Issue 5, Pages 1791-1796 (May
> 2008):
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> At a median of 3 years of followup 346 patients (39%) had biochemical
> recurrence.

> Regards,
>
> Steve J

I wonder how many of those 346 were like me? - never got past the first PSA
post-op without being over the 0.2 typical standard. Personally I would
have thought that the overall % would have been higher.

Russ D

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