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Studies from Y.B. Chen et al have provided new data on carcinomas

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 30th, 2010

2010 NOV 30 -- According to recent research from the United States, "Limited data exist on radical prostatectomy findings performed for cancer on repeat biopsy following an initial atypical biopsy (atypical glands suspicious but not diagnostic for carcinoma). We compared 169 such men to 15,810 without an initial diagnosis of atypical glands suspicious for carcinoma who underwent radical prostatectomy from 1993 to 2008."

"Median time between atypical biopsy and repeat biopsy showing cancer was 6.1 months (range 0.7 to 94.8). An initial diagnosis of atypical glands suspicious but not diagnostic for carcinoma correlated significantly with nonpalpable disease,...

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