Targeted Prostate Biopsy to Select Men for Active Surveillance—Do the Epstein Criteria Still Apply?

PURPOSE: Established in 1994, the Epstein histological criteria (Gleason score 6 or less, 2 or fewer cores positive and 50% or less of any core) have been widely used to select men for active surveillance. However, with the advent of targeted biopsy, which may be more accurate than conventional biop...

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Main Authors: Hu, Jim C., Chang, Edward, Natarajan, Shyam, Margolis, Daniel J., Macairan, Malu, Lieu, Patricia, Huang, Jiaoti, Sonn, Geoffrey, Dorey, Frederick J., Marks, Leonard S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4129939/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24512956
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2014.02.005
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