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Changes in Prostate Cancer Grade on Serial Biopsy in Men Undergoing Active Surveillance

Sima P. Porten, Jared M. Whitson, Janet E. Cowan, Matthew R. Cooperberg, Katsuto Shinohara, Nannette Perez, Kirsten L. Greene, Maxwell V. Meng, Peter R. Carroll

Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2011 · 198 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

A proportion of men experience an upgrade in Gleason score while undergoing active surveillance. Men who experience early upgrading likely represent initial sampling error, whereas later upgrading may reflect tumor dedifferentiation.

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