Difference between revisions of "Prostate cancer"

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 **Higher risk of progression.
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-*Criteria for active surveillance vary widely.<ref name=pmid22314081>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Palisaar | first1 = JR. | last2 = Noldus | first2 = J. | last3 = Löppenberg | first3 = B. | last4 = von Bodman | first4 = C. | last5 = Sommerer | first5 = F. | last6 = Eggert | first6 = T. | title = Comprehensive report on prostate cancer misclassification by 16 currently used low-risk and active surveillance criteria. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 110 | issue = 6 Pt B | pages = E172-81 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.10935.x | PMID = 22314081 }}</ref>
+*There is no agreed upon set of criteria for active surveillance, and the large number of criteria out there vary significantly.<ref name=pmid22314081>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Palisaar | first1 = JR. | last2 = Noldus | first2 = J. | last3 = Löppenberg | first3 = B. | last4 = von Bodman | first4 = C. | last5 = Sommerer | first5 = F. | last6 = Eggert | first6 = T. | title = Comprehensive report on prostate cancer misclassification by 16 currently used low-risk and active surveillance criteria. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 110 | issue = 6 Pt B | pages = E172-81 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.10935.x | PMID = 22314081 }}</ref>
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