838 / 1481
Coverage for Extracapsular Disease
• Radical prostatectomy: path review series
– 185/712 (26%) ECE +ve
– Median ECE distance = 2 mm
• range 0.5-12 mm
• measured radially from capsule
– Mean ECE distance = 2.93 mm
• SD
±
2.3 mm
– All clinical subgroups (except PSA < 4) had some
cases where ECE was > 5mm
Teh et al J Cancer 2003