Should each core with prostate cancer be assigned a separate Gleason score?

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 911-914

  Kunz Jr , George M ^b   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gleason grade; Needle biopsy; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINAL VESICLE;

EID: 0141763871     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(03)00338-1     Document Type: Article

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