<
h4 class=""
h4"">Context
h3>Pat
hologic information derived from t
he radical prostatectomy specimen contains powerful prognostic indicators t
hat can be used to predict t
he patient's prognosis for disease-free survival and to decide w
hat treatment a patient s
hould receive; t
herefore, it is important to get t
he appropriate pat
hological information from t
he pat
hologist.<
h4 class=""
h4"">Objective
h3>
This review will concentrate on relevant prognostic factors in assessing radical prostatectomy specimens.<h4 class=""h4"">Evidence acquisitionh3>
Medical literature was screened with PubMed for prognostic factors derived from radical prostatectomy specimens.<h4 class=""h4"">Evidence synthesish3>
Prognostic information from radical prostatectomy specimens should at least include Gleason score, pathologic stage, and margins status and should be clearly presented by the pathologist to the urologists. Other prognostic factors such as tumor volume, perineural invasion, maximum tumor diameter, percentage of high-grade tumor, and tertiary Gleason pattern are still under debate and require more study.<h4 class=""h4"">Conclusionsh3>
The urologist should be aware of and presented with those factors that are the most important ones for estimating prognosis after radical prostatectomy.