Difference between revisions of "Negative prostatectomy"
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*[[Prostate cancer]]. | *[[Prostate cancer]]. | ||
*[[Negative LEEP]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:48, 30 April 2014
Negative prostatectomy, also radical prostatectomy without cancer, occasionally happens.
General
- Seen in approximately 1% of prostatectomies.[1]
Work-up
- Review biopsy is available.
- Is it plausible?
- Biopsies in minimal cancer prostatectomies usually have minimal low grade cancer.
- Is it plausible?
- Submit prostate in total (if not already done).
- Levels (x3) on all prostate blocks.[1]
- Flip the (prostate tissue) blocks.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kosarac, O.; Zhai, QJ.; Shen, S.; Takei, H.; Ro, JY.; Ayala, AG. (Nov 2011). "Minimal or no residual prostatic adenocarcinoma on radical prostatectomy: a 5-year experience with vanishing carcinoma phenomenon.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 135 (11): 1466-70. doi:10.5858/arpa.2010-0132-OA. PMID 22032574.