Nicholas Vogelzang

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Volume 8, Supplement 2 Review Articles

Monitoring Response, Prediction Methodology, Staging, and Imaging in Prostate Cancer

16th International Prostate Cancer Update

David Pomerantz Nicholas Vogelzang

The predictive values of various tests and examinations are assessed as they relate to prostate cancer progression and treatment. The usefulness of post-treatment biopsy specimens is greatest 2 years after radiation therapy completion. Gleason grading is not reliable in the setting of hormonal ablation therapy. For patients with extracapsular extension, the survival curves separate depending on whether positive or negative surgical margins are obtained. Prostate-specific antigen doubling time is increasingly used as an indicator of disease recurrence after local therapy and prostate cancer–specific survival. [Rev Urol. 2006;8(suppl 2):S30-S34]

Prostate cancer Immunotherapy Prostate-specific antigen Predictive modeling Prostate-specific antigen doubling time