Upgrading and downgrading of prostate cancer from biopsy to radical prostatectomy: Incidence and predictive factors using the modified gleason grading system and factoring in tertiary grades

European Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1019-1024

  Epstein, Jonathan I ^a   Feng, Zhaoyong ^a   Trock, Bruce J ^a   Pierorazio, Phillip M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gleason grade; Needle biopsy; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ORGAN WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NOMOGRAMS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859426392     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.01.050     Document Type: Article

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