Predicting higher risk for prostate cancer diagnosis
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 06:14
in Health & Medicine
High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) carries a high predictive value for future diagnosis of prostate cancer. Research published in the open access journal BMC Urology has shown that 41.8% of patients whose extended core biopsy led to an initial diagnosis of HGPIN were subsequently diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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