Ureteral Carcinoma in Situ at Radical Cystectomy: Does the Margin Matter?
Silver D, Stroumbakis N, Russo P, Fair W, Herr H. Ureteral Carcinoma in Situ at Radical Cystectomy: Does the Margin Matter? Journal Of Urology 1997, 158: 768-771. DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64312-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUreteral carcinomaRadical cystectomyCarcinoma recurrencePositive cytologyMargin statusBladder cancerBacillus Calmette-Guerin treatmentRenal pelvis/ureterConsecutive radical cystectomiesUpper tract carcinomaUpper tract recurrenceCancer-specific survivalMetastatic bladder cancerPositive urinary cytologyFrozen section examinationLack of morbidityBladder tumor stageExpectant managementTract recurrenceMedian followupUreteral resectionSpecific survivalNegative marginsBladder tumorsTumor stageUreteral Carcinoma in Situ at Radical Cystectomy
Silver D, Stroumbakis N, Russo P, Fair W, Herr H. Ureteral Carcinoma in Situ at Radical Cystectomy. Journal Of Urology 1997, 158: 768-771.. PMID: 9258077, DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199709000-00020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUreteral carcinomaRadical cystectomyCarcinoma recurrencePositive cytologyMargin statusBladder cancerBacillus Calmette-Guerin treatmentRenal pelvis/ureterConsecutive radical cystectomiesUpper tract carcinomaUpper tract recurrenceCancer-specific survivalMetastatic bladder cancerPositive urinary cytologyFrozen section examinationLack of morbidityBladder tumor stageUreteral marginsExpectant managementTract recurrenceMedian followupSpecific survivalUreteral resectionNegative marginsBladder tumorsClinical significance of repeat sextant biopsies in prostate cancer patients
Stroumbakis N, Cookson M, Reuter V, Fair W. Clinical significance of repeat sextant biopsies in prostate cancer patients. Urology 1997, 49: 113-118. PMID: 9123730, DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(97)00178-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate-specific antigenOrgan-confined rateMargin-positive rateProstate cancerPSA densityRebiopsy resultsRepeat biopsySextant biopsyFinal surgical margin statusRandom systematic core biopsiesGreater prostate volumeNegative repeat biopsyAndrogen deprivation therapySurgical margin statusLower clinical stageProstate cancer patientsSignificant prostate cancerBiopsy-proven prostate cancerDeprivation therapyPositive rebiopsyConsecutive patientsInitial biopsyMargin statusProstate volumeT stage