title: [International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on handling and staging of radical prostatectomy specimens].
abstract: The 2009 International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) consensus conference on handling and staging of radical prostatectomy specimens issued recommendations for standardization of pathology reporting of radical prostatectomy specimens. The conference addressed specimen handling, T2 substaging, prostate cancer volume, extraprostatic extension, lymphovascular invasion, seminal vesicle invasion, lymph node metastases and surgical margins. This review summarizes the conclusions and recommendations resulting from the consensus process.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologique, hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, UPMC Paris VI, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. eva.comperat@psl.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Compérat
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Camparo
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Srigley
authors.forename: Brett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delahunt
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Egevad
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D016591:Histocytological Preparation Techniques / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000592:standards; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000473:pathology; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000592:standards*; D047368:Tumor Burden