The Journal of Urology
Volume 179, Issue 5 , Pages 1791-1796 , May 2008

Risk Stratification for Biochemical Recurrence in Men With Positive Surgical Margins or Extracapsular Disease After Radical Prostatectomy: Results From the SEARCH Database

  • Jayakrishnan Jayachandran

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urologic Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pathology and Duke Prostate Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
    • Urology Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Durham, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Lionel L. Bañez

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urologic Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pathology and Duke Prostate Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
    • Urology Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Durham, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Donna E. Levy

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urologic Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pathology and Duke Prostate Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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  • William J. Aronson

      Affiliations

    • Urology Section, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Department of Urology, University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Martha K. Terris

      Affiliations

    • Urology Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Augusta and Section of Urology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
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  • Joseph C. Presti Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine and Urology Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
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  • Christopher L. Amling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Christopher J. Kane

      Affiliations

    • Urology Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Francisco and Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
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  • Stephen J. Freedland

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urologic Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pathology and Duke Prostate Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
    • Urology Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Durham, Durham, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and requests for reprints: Division of Urology, Box 2626 DUMC, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710 (telephone: 919-668-8361; FAX: 919-668-7093).
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  • SEARCH Database Study Group

Received 14 September 2007

  • Image Result

    Actuarial 10-year Kaplan-Meier estimates of biochemical recurrence rates in patients.

    Actuarial 10-year Kaplan-Meier estimates of biochemical recurrence rates in patients.

 Study received institutional review board approval from each institution.

 Supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institutes of Health R01CA100938 (WJA), National Institutes of Health Specialized Programs of Research Excellence Grant P50 CA92131-01A1 (WJA), Georgia Cancer Coalition (MKT), Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program (SJF) and an American Urological Association Foundation/Astellas Rising Star in Urology Award (SJF).

 Views and opinions of and endorsements by the author(s) do not reflect those of the United States Army or the Department of Defense.

PII: S0022-5347(08)00049-9

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.043

The Journal of Urology
Volume 179, Issue 5 , Pages 1791-1796 , May 2008

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