Abstract:Background: Tumor volume has been considered an important variable in determining the probability of disease progression in prostatic adenocarcinoma. There have been many studies that have tried to determine an appropriate method of calculating tumor volume, but no single methodology has been agreed upon. We tested the hypothesis that the ratio of tumor positive tissue blocks to the total number of blocks submitted (positive-block ratio) can be used as an independent prognostic indicator for disease recurrence… Show more
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