Impact of Gleason Pattern 5 on outcomes of patients with prostate cancer and iodine-125 prostate brachytherapy

Background: The Gleason grading system is a powerful predictor of prostate cancer (PCa) prognosis. Gleason scores (GS) of 8–10 are considered as a single high-risk grade category, and Gleason Pattern 5 (GP5) predicts biochemical recurrence. We report the clinical outcomes of patients treated with 12...

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Main Authors: Tomoyuki Makino, Sotaro Miwa, Kiyoshi Koshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Prostate International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287888216300514