A Contemporary Prostate Cancer Grading System: A Validated Alternative to the Gleason Score

Abstract Background Despite revisions in 2005 and 2014, the Gleason prostate cancer (PCa) grading system still has major deficiencies. Combining of Gleason scores into a three-tiered grouping (6, 7, 8–10) is used most frequently for prognostic and therapeutic purposes. The lowest score, assigned 6, may be misunderstood as a cancer in the middle of theSigueSigue leyendo «A Contemporary Prostate Cancer Grading System: A Validated Alternative to the Gleason Score»

Selected Common Diagnostic Problems in Urologic Pathology: Perspectives From a Large Consult Service in Genitourinary Pathology

SPECIAL ISSUE–INSIGHTS AND CONTROVERSIES IN UROLOGIC PATHOLOGY Selected Common Diagnostic Problems in Urologic Pathology: Perspectives From a Large Consult Service in Genitourinary Pathology Fadi Brimo, MD; Jonathan I. Epstein, MD From the Departments of Pathology and Urology, McGill University Health Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (Dr Brimo); and the Departments of Pathology, Urology, and Oncology, JohnsSigueSigue leyendo «Selected Common Diagnostic Problems in Urologic Pathology: Perspectives From a Large Consult Service in Genitourinary Pathology»

Prostate Cancer Grading. A Decade After the 2005 Modified Gleason Grading System. Oleksandr N. Kryvenko, MD; Jonathan I. Epstein, MD

SPECIAL ARTICLES Prostate Cancer Grading: A Decade After the 2005 Modified Gleason Grading System Oleksandr N. Kryvenko , MD; Jonathan I. Epstein , MD From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Urology, and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida (Dr Kryvenko); and the Departments ofSigueSigue leyendo «Prostate Cancer Grading. A Decade After the 2005 Modified Gleason Grading System. Oleksandr N. Kryvenko, MD; Jonathan I. Epstein, MD»