Complete embedding and close step-sectioning of radical prostatectomy specimens both increase detection and extra-prostatic extension, and correlate with increased disease-free survival by stage of prostate cancer patients.

Presents a study which evaluated the efficacy of controlled close step-sectioned and whole-mounted radical prostatectomy specimen processing in the prediction of clinical outcome as compared to the traditional processing techniques. Pathological assessment of specimens; Evaluation of the effectiveness of radical prostatectomy; Use of the multi-variate logistic regression method.