## Abstract ## BACKGROUND In the current study, the authors sought to further stratify the prognosis of patients with Gleason score (GS) 7 prostate carcinoma. They assessed the influence on outcome of a predominant poorly differentiated Gleason pattern (primary Gleason pattern [GP] 4) and/or a coi
Prognostic significance of global grading system of Gleason score in patients with prostate cancer with bone metastasis
โ Scribed by Tsunehito Kambara; Tetsunari Oyama; Atsuki Segawa; Yoshitatsu Fukabori; Ken-Ichiro Yoshida
- Book ID
- 109056304
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 303 KB
- Volume
- 105
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-4096
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