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Histopathological Evaluation in Prostate Cancer

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Prostate cancer (Pca) is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in men. Despite its prevalence, healthcare providers dealing with the disease still face challenges ranging from screening, diagnosis, to selection of patients for treatment and development of resistance to therapy. Over the years, with wide acceptance of screening practices, specifically with the use of serum PSA assays, the composition of the cohort of men who are newly diagnosed with prostate cancer (Pca) shifted from symptomatic men with clinically advanced disease to men where the diagnosis is based on a few neoplastic glands on a needle core biopsy. While histopathologic features of Pca have been well established, diagnosis of cancer on a limited number of neoplastic glands has presented new challenges. In this chapter we will review some of the diagnostic challenges as well as recent updates in grading and other pathologic parameters that aid management decisions.

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Vakar-Lopez, F. (2017). Histopathological Evaluation in Prostate Cancer. In: Ozyigit, G., Selek, U. (eds) Principles and Practice of Urooncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56114-1_10

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