Prostate cancer grading: The effect of stratification of needle biopsy Gleason Score 4 + 3 as high or intermediate grade

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 631-635

  Fanning, Deirdre M ^a   Kay, Elaine ^c   Fan, Yue ^a   Fitzpatrick, John M ^b   Watson, R William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Needle biopsy; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRATIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77149152162     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08810.x     Document Type: Article

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