Improving the Gleason grading accuracy of transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy.

CONCLUSION: The Gleason correlation values were not improved when 12 or more cores were collected. These values reached a plateau beyond that number of samples. Therefore, when determining treatment strategies, physicians must consider the biopsy scheme used since it has proven to be a predictor of the accuracy of the PC grading system. PMID: 23858506 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Acta Radiologica - July 15, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Nieto-Morales ML, Fernández-Ramos J, Pérez-Méndez L, Alventosa-Fernández E, Pastor-Santoveña MS, Arias-Rodríguez A, Aguirre-Jaime A Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research

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