The percentage of affected fragments in needle biopsy in the assessment of pathological staging of prostate cancer

• Main Authors: Rógerson Tenorio de Andrade (Author), Roberto Gonçalves de Lucena (Author), Catarina de Moraes Braga (Author), Vilma Maria da Silva (Author), Misael Wanderley Santos Jr (Author), Nicodemos Teles de Pontes Filho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Prostate cancer has high prevalence and mortality among men. Some of the findings on prostate biopsy may be related to the prognosis of the disease. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between the percentage of fragments affected by cancer in the prostate biopsy and the pathological...