Well-differentiated prostate cancer in core biopsy specimens may be associated with extraprostatic disease
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Accurate determination of the Gleason score in prostate core biopsy specimens is crucial in selecting the type of prostate cancer treatment, especially for patients with well-differentiated tumors (Gleason score 2 to 4). For such patients, an inaccurate biopsy score may result...
Main Authors: | José Cury, Rafael Ferreira Coelho, Miguel Srougi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802008000200010&lng=en&tlng=en |
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