ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAREWOOD

SPECIALISING IN ROBOTIC
RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY
OR "DA VINCI PROSTATECTOMY"
Results - Explanation
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Organ confined cancer of the prostate (pT2)
Rarely, the prostate may have been cut into leaving a significant positive margin. This may lead to a recurrence of the cancer later. See Figure 3. In this situation, follow up radiotherapy may be used to try and eradicate the remaining cancer.


Figure 3: pT2 Organ confined cancer with a significant positive margin.