How accurately does prostate biopsy gleason score predict pathologic findings and disease free survival?

Prostate

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 185-190

  Narain, Vivek ^a   Bianco Jr , Fernando J ^a   Grignon, David J ^a   Sakr, Wael A ^a   Edson Pontes, J ^a   Wood Jr , David P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Gleason score; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035157532     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pros.1133     Document Type: Article

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