Does prostate biopsy Gleason score accurately express the biologic features of prostate cancer?

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-386

  Stav, Kobi ^a   Judith, Sandbank ^a   Merald, Herbert ^a   Leibovici, Dan ^a   Lindner, Arie ^a   Zisman, Amnon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Gleason score; Prostate; Prostatectomy; Surgical

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548409957     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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