| Literature DB >> 3090770 |
R Yatani, T Shiraishi, K Akazaki, T Hayashi, L K Heilbrun, G N Stemmermann.
Abstract
The histological grades of prostatic carcinoma, as defined by Gleason, were correlated with three methods of morphometry in 254 step-sectioned prostates obtained at autopsy. The variables studied were 1) the number of tumours in each prostate; 2) bilaterality and 3) tumour volume. Each characteristic yielded a statistically significant correlation with histological grade. The strongest correlations were obtained using tumour volume. These autopsy studied help to explain the inconsistent results obtained from morphometric analyses of surgical material, and lend support to the Gleason system as a means of predicting tumour behavior.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID： 3090770 DOI： 10.1007/bf00705412
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol ISSN： 0174-7398