Are prostate carcinoma clinical stages T1C and T2 similar?

PURPOSE: A recent study has found that PSA recurrence rate for clinical T1c tumors is similar to T2 tumors, indicating a need for further refinement of clinical staging system. To test this finding we compared clinicopathologic characteristics and the time to PSA progression following radical retrop...

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Main Authors: Athanase Billis, Luis A. Magna, Isabela C. Watanabe, Matheus V. Costa, Gilliatt H. Telles, Ubirajara Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2006-04-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382006000200006