Association between Postoperative Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells and Recurrence in Patients with Prostate Cancer

The clinical implications of postoperative detection of circulating tumor cells in prostate cancer are largely unknown. We investigated the association between postoperative circulating tumor cell detection after radical prostatectomy and disease recurrence in prospectively enrolled patients with prostate cancer.A total of 203 patients with an undetectable prostate specific antigen who had undergone radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer were...