The clinical and pathologic staging of prostate cancer involves determination of the anatomic extent and burden of tumor based on the best available data. Two major classification schemes are currently used: the modified American system and the TNM system [primary tumor (T), regional lymph node (...
Prostate cancer, with an incidence that is correlated to age, is the most common cancer tumor diagnosed among men older than 50 years, and an even higher incidence is found among patients older than 75. It is estimated that 234,460 men will be diagnosed
Prostate Cancer Staging In subject area: Medicine and Dentistry The TNM staging is the most widely used system for prostate cancer staging and assesses the extent of primary tumor (T stage), the absence or presence of regional lymph node involvement (N stage), and the absence or presence of ...
The staging of prostate cancer are categories that refer to how advanced the cancer is. Stage 1 prostate cancer is the earliest stage, while stage 4...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your ...
Roberts, M.J., Yaxley, J.W., Stranne, J.et al.Is extended pelvic lymph node dissection REALLY required for staging of prostate cancer in the PSMA-PET era?.Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis(2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-024-00821-3 ...
Urology 66 (Suppl 5A): S47–S51 Experience counts: MRI-based prostate-cancer staging Controversy rages over which imaging tech- nique to use in the localization and staging of prostate cancer. Many small studies have been done, with contradictory results, but the differences in the imaging ...
Prostate cancer is the second most common and fifth most aggressive neoplasm among men worldwide. It is particularly incident in high human development index (HDI) nations, with an estimated one in seven men in the US receiving a prostate cancer diagnosi
Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) represents a growing modality for the non-invasive evaluation of prostate cancer (PCa) and is increasingly being used for patie
The diagnosis of prostate cancer is suggested by elevated prostate-specific antigen but is confirmed by histopathological examination of ultrasound-guided transrectal biopsies. Recent NICE guidelines have made specific recommendations regarding imaging, and this review focuses on the value of existing imaging...
Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays used for molecular staging of prostate cancer patients C. A. Olsson, R. Buttyan 1. Introduction The molecular technologies of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse tran-scriptase-PCR (RT-PCR) are incredibly powerful tools for investigative...