Study design

retrospective

Study time

2006.8-2018.12

Country

Japan

Object

patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy without neoadjuvant endocrine therapy. prostate cancer patients with pT2 disease and NSM in the present study

Sample size

1096

Topic classification

Pathology，BCR

Keypoint

The prognosis of prostate cancer patients with pT2 disease and negative surgical margins is favorable. However, patients with the presence of micro-lymphatic invasion and a pathological Gleason score=4+3 tend to experience biochemical recurrence more often after surgery.

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