Preoperative Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction for Prostate Specific Antigen Predicts Treatment Failure Following Radical Prostatectomy

Abstract

Enhanced reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for PSA is a statistically significant predictor of potential failure by pathological analysis and of disease recurrence by PSA. Longer followup data are required to define further the role of the assay in the management of patients with prostate cancer.