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===Reporting prostate cancer===
===Reporting prostate cancer===
====Biopsy reports====
====Biopsy reports====
Important elements:
Important elements:<ref name=pmid17213347/>
*Diagnosis.  
*Diagnosis.  
**Specific subtype (usually ''acinar'').
**Specific subtype (usually ''acinar adenocarcinoma'').
**Gleason score, e.g. 4+3=7.
**Gleason score, e.g. 4+3=7.
*Number of cores.
*Number of cores involved.
*Number of cores involved.
*Percentage of core surface area involved (estimated).
*Percentage of core surface area involved (estimated).