Posts by Shulin Wu, MD, PhD
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Combined Standard and Targeted Transperineal Biopsies Advised for Patients With Prostate Lesion on Multiparametric MRI
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers recommend patients who have a prostate lesion on multiparametric MRI should undergo both standard and targeted biopsy using the transperineal approach, as that resulted in a Gleason grade most concordant with the results from radical prostatectomy specimens.
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Prostate Cancer Patients with Posterior Positive Surgical Margins Have Poorer Prognosis
Shulin Wu, MD, PhD, and Chin-Lee Wu, MD, PhD, of the Departments of Urology and Pathology, present evidence that prostate cancer patients who have posterior positive surgical margins (PSM) after radical prostatectomy have a more aggressive disease than those with anterior PSM.
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Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence Correlates With Number of Perineural Invasion Foci
The number of perineural invasion foci in radical prostatectomy specimens is a useful new method of prognostication.
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Low-risk Incidental Prostate Cancer in Men with Bladder Cancer May Be Associated with Longer Survival
Men with bladder cancer who have low-risk prostate cancer detected incidentally by radical cystoprostatectomy may actually have a more favorable prognosis than those who do not.
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