Cimadamore A, Cheng L, Lopez-Beltran A, Franzese C, Giannarini G, Crestani A, Rogers ET, Montironi R. Patients ask and pathologists answer: ten questions around prostate cancer grading.
Virchows Arch 2025;
486:1091-1098. [PMID:
39153109 DOI:
10.1007/s00428-024-03891-9]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2024] [Revised: 07/27/2024] [Accepted: 08/03/2024] [Indexed: 08/19/2024]
Abstract
Pathologists have closely collaborated with clinicians, mainly urologists, to update the Gleason grading system to reflect the current practice and approach in prostate cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. This has led to the development of what is called patient advocacy and patient information. Ten common questions asked by patients to pathologists concerning PCa grading and the answers given by the latter are reported.
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