Prevalence and risk factors of contralateral extraprostatic extension in men undergoing radical prostatectomy for unilateral disease at biopsy: A global multi-institutional experience

Bienz, Marc; Hueber, Pierre-Alain; Trudeau, Vincent; Alenizi, Abdullah; Valdivieso, Roger; Alom, Modar; Balbay, Mevlana; Canda, Abdullah; Mouraviev, Vladimir; Albala, David; El-Hakim, Assaad; Trinh, Quoc-Dien; Latour, Mathieu; Saad, Fred; Zorn, Kevin

doi:10.5489/cuaj.2786

Prevalence and risk factors of contralateral extraprostatic extension in men undergoing radical prostatectomy for unilateral disease at biopsy: A global multi-institutional experience

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Bienz M., Hueber P., Trudeau V., Alenizi A. M., Valdivieso R., Alom M., ...More

CUAJ-CANADIAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, vol.9, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 9
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.5489/cuaj.2786
Journal Name: CUAJ-CANADIAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Introduction: We assessed the incidence of contralateral prostate cancer (cPCa), contralateral EPE (cEPE) and contralateral positive surgical margins (cPSM) in patients diagnosed preoperatively with unilateral prostate cancer and evaluated risk factors predictive of contralateral disease extension.