Prostate needle biopsies: Interobserver variation and clinical consequences of histopathological re-evaluation

APMIS

Volumn 119, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 239-246

  Berg, Kasper Drimer ^a   Toft, Birgitte Grønkær ^a   Røder, Martin Andreas ^a   Brasso, Klaus ^a   Vainer, Ben ^a   Iversen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Core needle biopsies; Gleason score; Interobserver variation; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79954809858     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02723.x     Document Type: Article

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