Are active surveillance criteria sufficient for predicting advanced stage prostate cancer patients?


Ongun S., Celik S., Gul-Niflioglu G., Aslan G., Tuna B., Mungan U., ...More

Actas urologicas espanolas, vol.38, no.8, pp.499-505, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 38 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.acuro.2013.11.005
  • Journal Name: Actas urologicas espanolas
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.499-505
  • Keywords: Neoplasm staging, Prostatectomy, Prostatic neoplasms, Tumor burden, ISUP CONSENSUS CONFERENCE, RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY, TUMOR VOLUME, INTERNATIONAL-SOCIETY, BIOPSY, MEN, MANAGEMENT, SCORE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the treatment outcomes of the prostate cancer (PCa) patients treated by radical prostatectomy (RP) who could be good candidates for active surveillance (AS) and test the confidence and reliability of the AS criterias for predicting advanced stage disease (RP Gleason score >= 7 or Pathological stage T3).