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J Clin Pathol 61:1038-1040 doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.057794
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Do patients with low volume prostate cancer have prostate specific antigen recurrence following radical prostatectomy?

Table 2 Demographic data on patients with postoperative prostate specific antigen (PSA) relapse
Characteristic Case no.
1 2 3 4 5
Age (years) 66 67 64 53 41
Prostate weight (g) 120 106 78 32 30
Preoperative PSA (ng/ml) 19.7 16.9 12.3 1.2 0.8
Clinical T stage T1c T1c T1c T1c T2a
Pathology T Stage T2a T2c T2c T2c T2c
Index tumour volume (cm3) 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3
Total tumour volume (cm3) 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4
Prostate volume (cm3) 175.7 230 130 33.7 40
Surgical margin status Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg
Benign glands extend to margin status Yes No Yes No Yes
Total number of tumour foci 2 10 7 7 4
Gleason score 5 6 6 5 6
Tumour differentiation Well Well Mod Well Mod
  • All patients were Caucasian.

  • Mod, moderate; Neg, negative.

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