The combined percentage of gleason patterns 4 and 5 is the best predictor of cancer progression after radical prostatectomy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2911-2917

  Cheng, Liang ^a   Koch, Michael O ^a   Juliar, Beth E ^a   Daggy, Joanne K ^a   Foster, Richard S ^a   Bihrle, Richard ^a   Gardner, Thomas A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19444364960     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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