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Delayed Prostate-Specific Antigen Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy: How to Identify and What Are Their Clinical Outcomes?
Predicting Delayed PSA Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy
AA Caire, L Sun, O Ode, DA Stackhouse, K Maloney, C Donatucci, V Mouraviev, TJ Polascik, CN Robertson, DM Albala, JW Moul
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2009 Sept 1
Urology
Delayed Prostate-Specific Antigen Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy: How to Identify and What Are Their Clinical Outcomes?
Urology. 2009 Sept 1;74(3):643-647, AA Caire, L Sun, O Ode, DA Stackhouse, K Maloney, C Donatucci, V Mouraviev, TJ Polascik, CN Robertson, DM Albala, JW Moul
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Objectives: To identify factors that predict delayed (> 5 years) prostate-specific antigen recurrence (PSAR) after radical prostatectomy (RP) and to analyze the associated clinical outcomes. Methods: A cohort of 4561 men who underwent RP between 1988 and 2008 was retrieved from the Duke University Prostate Center database. Among them, 1207 (26.5%) had PSAR and were included in this study. The cohort was then divided into 2 groups; PSAR before 5 years (early PSAR) and PSAR after 5 years (delayed...
