Does extended prostate needle biopsy improve the concordance of Gleason scores between biopsy and prostatectomy in the Taiwanese population? | Zendy

ChingWei Yang | Zendy; TzuPing Lin | Zendy; Eric YiHsiu Huang | Zendy; Hsiao-Jen Chung | Zendy; Junne-Yih Kuo | Zendy; William J. Huang | Zendy; Howard H.H. Wu | Zendy; Yen-Hwa Chang | Zendy; Alex T.L. Lin | Zendy; Kuang-Kuo Chen | Zendy

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Does extended prostate needle biopsy improve the concordance of Gleason scores between biopsy and prostatectomy in the Taiwanese population?

Author(s) -

ChingWei Yang,

TzuPing Lin,

Eric YiHsiu Huang,

Hsiao-Jen Chung,

Junne-Yih Kuo,

William J. Huang,

Howard H.H. Wu,

Yen-Hwa Chang,

Alex T.L. Lin,

Kuang-Kuo Chen

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of the chinese medical association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535

H-Index - 42

eISSN - 1728-7731

pISSN - 1726-4901

DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.02.001

Subject(s) - medicine , prostatectomy , concordance , prostate cancer , biopsy , urology , prostate biopsy , prostate , population , radiology , surgery , cancer , environmental health

Discordance between the Gleason scores of prostate needle biopsies and radical prostatectomy specimens has been reported by several investigators. We conducted this study to determine if increasing the number of prostate needle biopsies in patients with prostate cancer improves the accuracy of Gleason scores in the Taiwanese population.

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