Positive surgical margin following radical nephrectomy is an independent predictor of local recurrence and disease-specific survival

BACKGROUND: Positive surgical margins (PSM) are recognized as an adverse prognostic sign and are often associated with higher rates of local and systemic disease recurrence. The data regarding the oncological outcome for PSM following radical nephrectomy (RN) is limited. We examined the predictive f...

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Published in:World J Surg Oncol
Main Authors: Abu-Ghanem, Yasmin, Ramon, Jacob, Berger, Raanan, Kaver, Issac, Fridman, Edi, Leibowitz-Amit, Raya, Dotan, Zohar A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5668980/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29096642
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-017-1257-6
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