Importance and determinants of Gleason score undergrading on biopsy sample of prostate cancer in a population-based study

Rapiti Aylward, Elisabetta; Schaffar, Robin; Iselin, Christophe; Miralbell, Raymond; Pelte, Marie-Françoise; Weber, Damien; Zanetti, Roberto; Neyroud, Isabelle; Bouchardy Magnin, Christine

doi:10.1186/1471-2490-13-19

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Importance and determinants of Gleason score undergrading on biopsy sample of prostate cancer in a population-based study

ContributorsRapiti Aylward, Elisabetta; Schaffar, Robin; Iselin, Christophe; Miralbell, Raymond; Pelte, Marie-Françoise; Weber, Damien; Zanetti, Roberto; Neyroud, Isabelle; Bouchardy Magnin, Christine

Published inBMC urology, vol. 13, 19

Publication date2013

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In this population-based study, we investigated the degree of concordance between Gleason scores obtained from prostate biopsies and those obtained from prostatectomy specimens, as well as the determinants of biopsy understaging.

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RAPITI AYLWARD, Elisabetta et al. Importance and determinants of Gleason score undergrading on biopsy sample of prostate cancer in a population-based study. In: BMC urology, 2013, vol. 13, p. 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2490-13-19

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PID : unige:28694
DOI : 10.1186/1471-2490-13-19
PMID : 23578089

Journal ISSN1471-2490

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Importance and determinants of Gleason score undergrading on biopsy sample of prostate cancer in a population-based study

In this population-based study, we investigated the degree of concordance between Gleason scores obtained from prostate biopsies and those obtained from prostatectomy specimens, as well as the determinants of biopsy understaging.

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