A novel adjuvant drug-device combination tissue scaffold for radical prostatectomy

• Main Authors: Ketevan Paliashvili (Author), Francesco Di Maggio (Author), Hei Ming Kenneth Ho (Author), Sanjayan Sathasivam (Author), Hashim Ahmed (Author), Richard M. Day (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Prostate cancer is a leading cause of death in men and despite improved surgical procedures that aid tumor resection, the risk of recurrence after surgery as a result of positive resection margins remains significant. Adjuvant chemotherapy is often required but this is associated with toxicity. Impr...