The use of exome genotyping to predict pathological Gleason score upgrade after radical prostatectomy in low-risk prostate cancer patients.

Active surveillance (AS) is a promising option for patients with low-risk prostate cancer (PCa), however current criteria could not select the patients correctly, many patients who fulfilled recent AS criteria experienced pathological Gleason score upgrade (PGU) after radical prostatectomy (RP). In...

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Main Authors: Jong Jin Oh, Seunghyun Park, Sang Eun Lee, Sung Kyu Hong, Sangchul Lee, Gheeyoung Choe, Sungroh Yoon, Seok-Soo Byun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4122442?pdf=render