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*Adenoid cystic carcinoma.
*Adenoid cystic carcinoma.


====Surgical margins and extraprostatic extension====
====Staging parameters and margins====
Definitions:
*Extraprostatic extension (EPE) is difficult to assess (in prostatectomy specimens) as there is no consensus definition.
**The prostate does NOT have a well defined capsule.
***Intraobserver agreement for EPE is fair-moderate and lower than for the surgical margin.<ref name=pmid18708939>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Evans | first1 = AJ. | last2 = Henry | first2 = PC. | last3 = Van der Kwast | first3 = TH. | last4 = Tkachuk | first4 = DC. | last5 = Watson | first5 = K. | last6 = Lockwood | first6 = GA. | last7 = Fleshner | first7 = NE. | last8 = Cheung | first8 = C. | last9 = Belanger | first9 = EC. | last10 = Amin | first10 = MB. | last11 = Boccon-Gibod | first11 = L. | last12 = Bostwick | first12 = DG. | last13 = Egevad | first13 = L. | last14 = Epstein | first14 = JI. | last15 = Grignon | first15 = DJ. | last16 = Jones | first16 = EC. | last17 = Montironi | first17 = R. | last18 = Moussa | first18 = M. | last19 = Sweet | first19 = JM. | last20 = Trpkov | first20 = K. | last21 = Wheeler | first21 = TM. | last22 = Srigley | first22 = JR. | title = Interobserver variability between expert urologic pathologists for extraprostatic extension and surgical margin status in radical prostatectomy specimens. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 32 | issue = 10 | pages = 1503-12 | month = Oct | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31817fb3a0 | PMID = 18708939 }}</ref>
*Surgical margin - where the surgeon cut.
**It is possible to have EPE without a positive margin.
**It is possible to have a positive margin without EPE.
 
Important:
*EPE cannot be called on a biopsy unless the tumour is next to adipose tissue.<ref>Evans, A. 4 June 2010.</ref>
 
=====Surgical margins=====
=====Surgical margins=====
{{Main|Surgical margins}}
{{Main|Surgical margins}}
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**"Close" margins have an increase recurrence risk.
**"Close" margins have an increase recurrence risk.


Notes:
*Surgical margin - where the surgeon cut.
**It is possible to have EPE without a positive margin.
**It is possible to have a positive margin without EPE.
======Rates and implication======
Positivity rate varies substantially (13-44%):  
Positivity rate varies substantially (13-44%):  
*Norway: 26% -- strong dependence on surgeon volume (18% high case load vs. 44% low case load).<ref name=pmid22860630>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Steinsvik | first1 = EA. | last2 = Axcrona | first2 = K. | last3 = Angelsen | first3 = A. | last4 = Beisland | first4 = C. | last5 = Dahl | first5 = A. | last6 = Eri | first6 = LM. | last7 = Haug | first7 = ES. | last8 = Svindland | first8 = A. | last9 = Fosså | first9 = S. | title = Does a surgeon's annual radical prostatectomy volume predict the risk of positive surgical margins and urinary incontinence at one-year follow-up? - Findings from a prospective national study. | journal = Scand J Urol Nephrol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.3109/00365599.2012.707684 | PMID = 22860630 }}</ref>
*Norway: 26% -- strong dependence on surgeon volume (18% high case load vs. 44% low case load).<ref name=pmid22860630>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Steinsvik | first1 = EA. | last2 = Axcrona | first2 = K. | last3 = Angelsen | first3 = A. | last4 = Beisland | first4 = C. | last5 = Dahl | first5 = A. | last6 = Eri | first6 = LM. | last7 = Haug | first7 = ES. | last8 = Svindland | first8 = A. | last9 = Fosså | first9 = S. | title = Does a surgeon's annual radical prostatectomy volume predict the risk of positive surgical margins and urinary incontinence at one-year follow-up? - Findings from a prospective national study. | journal = Scand J Urol Nephrol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.3109/00365599.2012.707684 | PMID = 22860630 }}</ref>
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=====Extraprostatic extension=====
=====Extraprostatic extension=====
:Abbreviated ''EPE''.
:Abbreviated ''EPE''.
*Prostatectomy specimens: EPE is present if there is either:
 
*#A "significant bulge" in the contour of the prostate at low power ''and'' no fibromuscular tissue surrounding the malignant cells.
General:
*#Malignant cells directly adjacent to peri-prostatic adipose tissue.
*Extraprostatic extension (EPE) is difficult to assess (in prostatectomy specimens) as there is no consensus definition.
*Prostate biopsy: EPE is present if tumour touches adipose tissue.<ref name=pmid17707261>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Epstein | first1 = JI. | last2 = Srigley | first2 = J. | last3 = Grignon | first3 = D. | last4 = Humphrey | first4 = P. | title = Recommendations for the reporting of prostate carcinoma. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 38 | issue = 9 | pages = 1305-9 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.05.015 | PMID = 17707261 }}
**The prostate does NOT have a well defined capsule.
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***Intraobserver agreement for EPE is fair-moderate and lower than for the surgical margin.<ref name=pmid18708939>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Evans | first1 = AJ. | last2 = Henry | first2 = PC. | last3 = Van der Kwast | first3 = TH. | last4 = Tkachuk | first4 = DC. | last5 = Watson | first5 = K. | last6 = Lockwood | first6 = GA. | last7 = Fleshner | first7 = NE. | last8 = Cheung | first8 = C. | last9 = Belanger | first9 = EC. | last10 = Amin | first10 = MB. | last11 = Boccon-Gibod | first11 = L. | last12 = Bostwick | first12 = DG. | last13 = Egevad | first13 = L. | last14 = Epstein | first14 = JI. | last15 = Grignon | first15 = DJ. | last16 = Jones | first16 = EC. | last17 = Montironi | first17 = R. | last18 = Moussa | first18 = M. | last19 = Sweet | first19 = JM. | last20 = Trpkov | first20 = K. | last21 = Wheeler | first21 = TM. | last22 = Srigley | first22 = JR. | title = Interobserver variability between expert urologic pathologists for extraprostatic extension and surgical margin status in radical prostatectomy specimens. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 32 | issue = 10 | pages = 1503-12 | month = Oct | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31817fb3a0 | PMID = 18708939 }}</ref>
**The prostate, at the apex, may have some skeletal muscle. Thus, it is difficult to define extention... ergo EPE not called at the apex.
 
Prostatectomy specimens - EPE is present if there is either:
#A "significant bulge" in the contour of the prostate at low power ''and'' no fibromuscular tissue surrounding the malignant cells.
#Malignant cells directly adjacent to peri-prostatic adipose tissue.
 
Note:
*The prostate, at the apex, may have some skeletal muscle. Thus, it is difficult to define extention... ergo EPE not called at the apex.
 
Prostate biopsy - EPE is present if:
*Tumour touches adipose tissue.<ref name=pmid17707261>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Epstein | first1 = JI. | last2 = Srigley | first2 = J. | last3 = Grignon | first3 = D. | last4 = Humphrey | first4 = P. | title = Recommendations for the reporting of prostate carcinoma. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 38 | issue = 9 | pages = 1305-9 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.05.015 | PMID = 17707261 }}</ref><ref>Evans, A. 4 June 2010.</ref>


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