Posted 11/28/2017 10:00 PM (GMT 0)
Here's a link to a 1997 article in which Epstein discusses his findings on tumors that were particularly close -- less than two tenths of a millimeter -- from the surgical margin, the edge of the removed tissue. Even though there wasn't a comfortable cushion of tissue between the tumor and the edge of the prostate, " those patients do just as well as if there's more separation between the tumor and the margin."
I was browsing for other information and came across this and thought of Pratoman and his concern following his post surgical margin report.
It's old material but still may be of interest to some.
http://urology.jhu.edu/newsletter/prostate_cancer410.php