Close Surgical Margins Raise Prostate Cancer Recurrence Risk
Compared with negative margins, they are associated with a 51% increased risk of biochemical relapse
Compared with negative margins, they are associated with a 51% increased risk of biochemical relapse
The incidence is 10 times greater for men with rheumatoid arthritis compared with the general population.
Pathologic progression not more likely in patients who start active surveillance with a PSA of 10 ng/mL or higher, study finds.
They are more likely than non-blacks to experience progression and to abandon active surveillance.
Rate rose from 38.2% in 2005 to 42.5% in 2011.
Only 22% of randomized clinical trials reported participation of black men.
Older men with non-metastatic PCa and who have multiple major comorbidities are at high risk of dying from other causes.
Study of PCa patients who had equal access to healthcare found that those most likely to die from it had metastatic disease at presentation.