Clinical and pathological variables that predict changes in tumour grade after radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer | Zendy

Stavros Sfoungaristos | Zendy; Petros Perimenis | Zendy

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Clinical and pathological variables that predict changes in tumour grade after radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer

Author(s) -

Stavros Sfoungaristos,

Petros Perimenis

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

canadian urological association journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1920-1214

pISSN - 1911-6470

DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.270

Subject(s) - prostatectomy , medicine , prostate cancer , urology , prostate specific antigen , prostate , intraepithelial neoplasia , pathological , biopsy , cancer , radiology

Preoperative Gleason score is crucial, in combination with other preoperative parameters, in selecting the appropriate treatment for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. The aim of the present study is to determine the clinical and pathological variables that can predict differences in Gleason score between biopsy and radical prostatectomy.

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