Bench to bedside: research influencing clinical practice in prostate pathology

Prostate cancer is biologically heterogeneous ranging from clinically indolent disease that “old men die with” to aggressive tumours that metastasise and cause death. Optimal management of this disease requires accurate prognostication to avoid over-treatment of the former and prompt appropriate treatment of the latter. Prognostication of prostate cancer is challenging as tumour is oft en not well visualized on radiological examination, is often detected in non-targeted systematic biopsies and cannot be subjected to a wide local excision for detailed histological examination.
Source: Diagnostic Histopathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Mini-symposium: Research influencing clinical practice Source Type: research