Predicting Higher Risk For Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Monday, June 1, 2009 - 18:28 in Health & Medicine

High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) carries a high predictive value for future diagnosis of prostate cancer. New research has shown that 41.8 percent of patients whose extended core biopsy led to an initial diagnosis of HGPIN were subsequently diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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