Advantages of evaluating mean nuclear volume as an adjunct parameter in prostate cancer.

Efforts to improve the diagnosis, prognosis and surveillance of prostate cancer (PCa) are relevant. Gleason score (GSc) overestimation may subject individuals to unnecessary aggressive treatment. We aimed to use stereology in PCa evaluations and investigate whether mean nuclear volume (MNV) correlat...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Leze, Clarice F E Maciel-Osorio, Carlos A Mandarim-de-Lacerda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4090007?pdf=render