Prognostic differences among the positive surgical margin locations following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in a large Japanese cohort (the MSUG94 group).
Takeshi SasakiShin EbaraTomoyuki TatenumaYoshinori IkehataAkinori NakayamaMakoto KawaseMasahiro ToideTatsuaki YonedaKazushige SakaguchiJun TeishimaKazuhide MakiyamaHiroshi KitamuraKazutaka SaitoTakuya KoieFumitaka KogaShinji UrakamiTakahiro InouePublished in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2023)
Although positive surgical margin at any locations is a biochemical recurrence risk factor after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, positive surgical margin location status should be considered to accurately stratify the biochemical recurrence risk after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.