Changes in benign tissue next to prostate tumors may predict biomedical recurrence

Changes in benign tissues next to prostate tumors may provide an early warning for patients at higher risk for biochemical recurrence after a radical prostatectomy, a new study shows. If the preliminary findings are confirmed, the scientists recommend combining the benign-field features with tumor features extracted from patient’s pathology images and Gleason scoring, to further improve the prediction of recurrence.