Stratification of pathologic features in radical prostatectomy specimens that are predictive of elevated initial postoperative serum prostate‐specific antigen levels
Humphrey P, Frazier H, Vollmer R, Paulson D. Stratification of pathologic features in radical prostatectomy specimens that are predictive of elevated initial postoperative serum prostate‐specific antigen levels. Cancer 1993, 71: 1821-1827. PMID: 7680602, DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19930301)71:5<1821::aid-cncr2820710517>3.0.co;2-o.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative PSA levelPostoperative serum PSA levelsSerum PSA levelsRadical prostatectomy specimensIntraglandular tumor extentPSA levelsPathologic stageMargin positivityProstate-specific antigenHistologic gradeProstatectomy specimensResidual carcinomaPathologic featuresTumor extentSerum prostate-specific antigen levelPercentage carcinomaProstate-specific antigen levelExtension of carcinomaGleason histologic gradeOrgan-confined carcinomaLogistic regression analysisImportant morphologic parametersIntraglandular carcinomaAntigen levelsRadical prostatectomy