Incidence of Upgrading and Upstaging in Patients with Low-Volume Gleason Score 3+4 Prostate Cancers at Biopsy: Finding a New Group Eligible for Active Surveillance
Park H, Ha Y, Park S, Kim Y, Lee T, Kim J, Lee D, Kim W, Kim I. Incidence of Upgrading and Upstaging in Patients with Low-Volume Gleason Score 3+4 Prostate Cancers at Biopsy: Finding a New Group Eligible for Active Surveillance. Urologia Internationalis 2013, 90: 301-305. PMID: 23391718, DOI: 10.1159/000345292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGleason score 3Prostate cancerRadical prostatectomyActive surveillanceScore 3Positive coresIncidence of upstagingPrediction of upgradingPSA cutoff levelPreoperative PSA levelUpstaging ratePSA levelsCancer involvementClinical stageNeedle biopsyUpstagingPatientsCutoff levelBiopsyMarginal associationIncidenceOverall rateCancerSurveillanceProstatectomy