Critical Evaluation of Salvage Surgery for Radio-Recurrent/Resistant Prostate Cancer

Abstract

Radical retropubic prostatectomy can achieve excellent survival with low morbidity in select patients. Patients with clinical stage T2 or less disease and with prostate specific antigen detected cancers (52% and 75%, respectively) had pathological stage T2 disease. Thus, by using modern diagnostic techniques patients can be identified who may be cured with salvage surgery.