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The use of exome genotyping to predict pathological Gleason score upgrade after radical prostatectomy in low-risk prostate cancer patients.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Oh Jong Jin, Park Seunghyun, Lee Sang Eun, Hong Sung Kyu, Lee Sangchul, Choe Gheeyoung, Yoon Sungroh, Byun Seok-Soo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Active surveillance (AS) is a promising option for patients with low-risk prostate cancer (PCa), however current criteria could not select the patients correctly, many patients who fulfilled recent AS criteria experienced pathological Gleason score upgrade (PGU) after radical prostatectomy (RP). In this study, we aimed to develop an accurate model for predicting PGU among low-risk PCa patients by...
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