|Articles|April 28, 2003

Positive surgical margins predict increased cancer recurrence

Chicago-Positive surgical margins are associated with an increased riskof cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy, and adjuvant radiationtherapy given before recurrence may benefit patients with positive margins,according to a Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center study.

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