A Contemporary Prostate Cancer Grading System: A Validated Alternative to the Gleason Score

Despite revisions in 2005 and 2014, the Gleason prostate cancer (PCa) grading system still has major deficiencies. Combining of Gleason scores into a three-tiered grouping (6, 7, 8–10) is used most frequently for prognostic and therapeutic purposes. The lowest score, assigned 6, may be misunderstood...

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Published in:	European urology Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 428 - 435
Main Authors:	Epstein, Jonathan I., Zelefsky, Michael J., Sjoberg, Daniel D., Nelson, Joel B., Egevad, Lars, Magi-Galluzzi, Cristina, Vickers, Andrew J., Parwani, Anil V., Reuter, Victor E., Fine, Samson W., Eastham, James A., Wiklund, Peter, Han, Misop, Reddy, Chandana A., Ciezki, Jay P., Nyberg, Tommy, Klein, Eric A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland Elsevier B.V 01.03.2016
Subjects:	Aged Decision Support Techniques Gleason grade Gleason score Humans Kallikreins - blood Kaplan-Meier Estimate Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Neoplasm Grading - methods Predictive Value of Tests Proportional Hazards Models Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood Prostatectomy Prostatic Neoplasms - blood Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy Radiotherapy Reproducibility of Results Sweden Time Factors Treatment Outcome United States Urology United States Sweden Gleason score Gleason grade
ISSN:	0302-2838, 1873-7560, 1873-7560
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