Correlation between tumor extent in radical prostatectomies and preoperative PSA, histological grade, surgical margins, and extraprostatic extension: application of a new practical method for tumor extent evaluation
Título del documento: Correlation between tumor extent in radical prostatectomies and preoperative PSA, histological grade, surgical margins, and extraprostatic extension: application of a new practical method for tumor extent evaluation
Revista: International braz j urol
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000296487
ISSN: 1677-5538
Autors: 1
Institucions: 1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Escuela de Medicina, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
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Període: Mar-Abr
Volum: 29
Número: 2
Paginació: 113-120
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Caso clínico, analítico
Resumen en inglés PURPOSE: To evaluate a new method designed for estimating the tumor extent in radical prostatectomy specimens. The tumor extent was correlated to preoperative PSA and to several pathologic findings in the surgical specimens as well. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Tumor extent was estimated in 118 consecutive radical prostatectomies through a simple point-count method. Drawn on a sheet of paper, each quadrant of the whole mount sections contained 8 equidistant points. During the microscopic slides examination, the tumor area was drawn over the correspondent quadrant of the paper sheet. According to the extent, tumors were classified in 5 groups: 1) very limited: £ 10 positive points; 2) limited: 11-19 positive points; 3) moderately extensive: 20-35 positive points; 4) extensive: 36-39 positive points; 5) very extensive: 70 positive points. This classification was based on a previous analysis of tumor extent in 109 radical prostatectomies. The distribution was quite normal up to 69 positive points, but asymmetric above that number, including cases exceeding far above that value. We considered the quartiles of the normal distribution up to 69 positive points (groups 1 to 4), and above that value a fifth group was considered. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant and direct correlation between the tumor extent and all variables studied: preoperative PSA (p = 0.03), Gleason score (p < 0.0001), primary grade in high-grade tumors (p < 0.01), surgical margins (p < 0.0001), extraprostatic extension (pT3a) (p < 0.0001), and semi
Disciplines Medicina
Paraules clau: Cirugía,
Oncología,
Próstata,
Prostatectomía,
Clasificación,
Neoplasias,
Patología,
Evaluación
Keyword: Medicine,
Oncology,
Surgery,
Prostate,
Prostatectomy,
Classification,
Neoplasms,
Pathology,
Evaluation
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