High Risk of Under-Grading and -Staging in Prostate Cancer Patients Eligible for Active Surveillance
High Risk of Under-Grading and -Staging in Prostate Cancer Patients Eligible for Active Surveillance
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0115537
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发表时间:
2015-02-06
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Bektic, Jasmin
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作者:
Heidegger, Isabel;Skradski, Viktor;Bektic, Jasmin
BackgroundActive surveillance (AS) is increasingly offered to patients with low risk prostate cancer. The present study was conducted to evaluate the risk of tumor under-grading and -staging for AS eligibility. Moreover, we analyzed possible biomarkers for predicting more unfavorable final tumor histology.Methods197 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy (RPE) but would have met the EAU (European Association of Urology) criteria for AS (PSA