Predicting Unilateral Prostate Cancer Based On Biopsy Features: Implications For Focal Ablative Therapy Results From The SEARCH Database | Medical News

Predicting Unilateral Prostate Cancer Based On Biopsy Features: Implications For Focal Ablative Therapy Results From The SEARCH Database

October 29, 2007 – 1:09 pm | posted in Prostate

UroToday.com- New focal ablative therapies that just treat areas of the prostate containing tumor are being reported. However, according to a report in the October, 2007 issue of the Journal of Urology from the SEARCH Database, unilateral prostate cancer (CaP) can not be identified preoperatively by biopsy criteria.

The SEARCH database is comprised of a multicenter Veterans Affairs dataset of patients with CaP. The authors identified 261 men with clinical stage T1c or T2 CaP, PSA

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