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Prognostic significance of Gleason score discrepancies between needle biopsy and radical prostatectomy.

Müntener M, Epstein JI, Hernandez DJ, Gonzalgo ML, Mangold L, Humphreys E, Walsh PC, Partin AW, Nielsen ME. Eur Urol. 2008; 53 (4): 767-75; discussion 775-6

Discordance between the Gleason score (GS) on needle biopsy (NB) and the GS of the radical prostatectomy (RP) specimen is a common finding. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of these discrepancies with respect to outcomes following RP.

PubMedID: 18060681