Journal article
Prostate Cancers Scored as Gleason 6 on Prostate Biopsy are Frequently Gleason 7 Tumors at Radical Prostatectomy: Implication on Outcome
Abstract
PURPOSE: Differentiation between Gleason score 6 and 7 in prostate biopsy is important for treatment decision making. Nevertheless, under grading errors compared with the actual pathological grade at radical prostatectomy are common. We compared the characteristics and outcomes of tumors that were scored 6 on prostate biopsy but were 7 on subsequent radical prostatectomy pathological evaluation to those in tumors with a consistent rating of …
Authors
Pinthus JH; Witkos M; Fleshner NE; Sweet J; Evans A; Jewett MA; Krahn M; Alibhai S; Trachtenberg J
Journal
Journal of Urology, Vol. 176, No. 3, pp. 979–984
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
9 2006
DOI
10.1016/j.juro.2006.04.102
ISSN
0021-0005