Concordance of the Gleason score in prostate multibiopsy and definitive histology

• Published in: Aktuelle Urologie Vol. 41; no. 3; p. 184
• Main Authors: May, M, Brookman-May, S, Lebentrau, S, Gilfrich, C, Loy, V, Theissig, F, Roigas, J, Hoschke, B, Burger, M, Miller, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Aged; Biomarkers, Tumor - blood; Biopsy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Prognosis; Prostate - pathology; Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood; Prostatectomy; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery; Sensitivity and Specificity

Due to an insufficient mean agreement between the Gleason score (GS) revealed from multibiopsy and definitive histology after radical prostatectomy (RP) of merely about 45 %, a modification of the GS including an elimination of GS 2-4 was -accomplished in 2005. The aim of the present study was to ev...