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Table 4 pSM and PSA decline according to pathological T category

From: Improvement of the surgical curability of locally confined prostate cancer including non-organ-confined high-risk disease through retropubic radical prostatectomy with intentional wide resection

Pathological T

 

pSM* (%)

Undetectable PSA (%)

T2a

15

0 (0)

15 (100)

T2b

11

0 (0)

8 (72.7)

T2c

24

0 (0)

22 (91.7)

T3a

28

4 (17.9)

19 (67.9)

T3b

11

4 (36.4)

8 (72.7)

T4

1

1 (100)

0 (0)

Total

90

9 (10)

72 (80)

  1. pSM: positive surgical margin.