Comparative rates of upstaging and upgrading in Caucasian and Korean prostate cancer patients eligible for active surveillance.

Comparative rates of upstaging and upgrading in Caucasian and Korean prostate cancer patients eligible for active surveillance.

To investigate the impact of race on the risk of pathological upgrading and upstaging at radical prostatectomy (RP) in an Asian (Korean) and Western (Caucasian) cohort eligible for active surveillance (AS).We performed a retrospective cohort study of 854 patients eligible for AS who underwent RP in...

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Main Authors: Hwang Gyun Jeon, Jae Ho Yoo, Byong Chang Jeong, Seong Il Seo, Seong Soo Jeon, Han-Yong Choi, Hyun Moo Lee, Michelle Ferrari, James D Brooks, Benjamin I Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5685613?pdf=render

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