Ultrasensitive Prostate Specific Antigen after Prostatectomy Reliably Identifies Patients Requiring Postoperative Radiotherapy
Kang JJ, Reiter RE, Steinberg ML, King CR. Ultrasensitive Prostate Specific Antigen after Prostatectomy Reliably Identifies Patients Requiring Postoperative Radiotherapy. Journal Of Urology 2014, 193: 1532-1538. PMID: 25463990, PMCID: PMC4527538, DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.11.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrasensitive prostate specific antigenProstate-specific antigenInitial prostate-specific antigenPostoperative prostate-specific antigenBiochemical relapseSpecific antigenHigh riskRadical prostatectomyPostoperative radiotherapyT stageGleason gradeMultivariate analysisProstate-specific antigen (PSA) recurrenceEventual biochemical failureSpecific antigen recurrenceCox multivariate analysisTraditional risk factorsConventional prostate specific antigenBiochemical failureIdentifies patientsMedian followupMargin statusPathology findingsKaplan-MeierPositive margins