Increasing the number of biopsies increases the concordance of Gleason scores of needle biopsies and prostatectomy specimens

Divrik, Rauf; Eroglu, Askin; Sahin, Ali; Zorlu, Ferruh; Oezen, Haluk

doi:10.1016/j.urolonc.2006.08.028

Increasing the number of biopsies increases the concordance of Gleason scores of needle biopsies and prostatectomy specimens

Divrik R. T., Eroglu A., Sahin A., Zorlu F., Oezen H.

UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY-SEMINARS AND ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS, cilt.25, sa.5, ss.376-382, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2007
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2006.08.028
Dergi Adı: UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY-SEMINARS AND ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.376-382
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Purpose: To determine the importance of increasing the number of biopsy cores to decrease the discrepancy of Gleason scores of needle biopsy and radical prostatectomy specimens.