High Risk of Under-Grading and -Staging in Prostate Cancer Patients Eligible for Active Surveillance

Isabel Heidegger, Viktor Skradski, Eberhard Steiner, Helmut Klocker, Renate Pichler, Andreas Pircher, Wolfgang Horninger, Jasmin Bektić

PLoS ONE · 2015 · 25 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

In summary, this study shows that a multitude of patients fulfilling the criteria for AS are under-diagnosed. The use of preoperative PSA levels, PSA density and the number of positive cores were not predictable for undergrading in the present patient collective.

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