Gleason score 5 + 3 = 8 prostate cancer: much more like Gleason score 9?
Mahal B, Muralidhar V, Chen Y, Choueiri T, Hoffman K, Hu J, Sweeney C, Yu J, Feng F, Trinh Q, Nguyen P. Gleason score 5 + 3 = 8 prostate cancer: much more like Gleason score 9? BJU International 2015, 118: 95-101. PMID: 26207642, DOI: 10.1111/bju.13239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer-specific mortalityGleason score 5Risk of prostate cancer-specific mortalityGleason score 4Prostate cancerScore 5Increased risk of PCSMGray competing risk regression analysisProstate cancer-specific mortality outcomesProstate cancer-specific mortality ratesScore 4Competing risk regression analysisGleason score 3Gleason score 8Gleason score 9Primary Gleason patternReference group of patientsCancer-specific mortalityAggressive treatment strategiesGroup of patientsRisk regression analysisHighest-risk patientsGleason 4Gleason scoreGleason pattern