The Impact of Primary Gleason Grade on Biochemical Outcome Following Brachytherapy for Hormone-Naive Gleason Score 7 Prostate Cancer

S. Merrick, Gregory; M. Butler, Wayne; E. Wallner, Kent; W. Galbreath, Robert; A. Allen, Zachariah; Adamovich, Edward

doi:10.1097/00130404-200505000-00010

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The Impact of Primary Gleason Grade on Biochemical Outcome Following Brachytherapy for Hormone-Naive Gleason Score 7 Prostate Cancer

Published in The Cancer Journal • May 1, 2005

Authors:

Gregory S. Merrick

Wayne M. Butler

Kent E. Wallner

Abstract

PURPOSE: Although the perception exists that biochemical outcome in patients with a Gleason score of 7 with dominant pattern 4 histology is inferior to that of patients with a Gleason score of 7 with a primary Gleason grade of 3, conflicting conclusions have been reported for radical prostatectomy a...

Subject

Medicine

Brachytherapy

Prostate cancer

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