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The prevalence of prostate cancer varies from | The prevalence of prostate cancer varies from | ||
7% (in a series | 7% (in a series 823 TURPs<ref name=pmid25247076>{{Cite journal | last1 = Skrzypczyk | first1 = MA. | last2 = Dobruch | first2 = J. | last3 = Nyk | first3 = L. | last4 = Szostek | first4 = P. | last5 = Szempliński | first5 = S. | last6 = Borówka | first6 = A. | title = Should all specimens taken during surgical treatment of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia be assessed by a pathologist? | journal = Cent European J Urol | volume = 67 | issue = 3 | pages = 227-32 | month = | year = 2014 | doi = 10.5173/ceju.2014.03.art2 | PMID = 25247076 }}</ref>) | ||
to 17% (in an older series of 747 TURPs<ref name=pmid18684032>{{Cite journal | last1 = Trpkov | first1 = K. | last2 = Thompson | first2 = J. | last3 = Kulaga | first3 = A. | last4 = Yilmaz | first4 = A. | title = How much tissue sampling is required when unsuspected minimal prostate carcinoma is identified on transurethral resection? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 132 | issue = 8 | pages = 1313-6 | month = Aug | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[1313:HMTSIR]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 18684032 }}</ref>). | to 17% (in an older series of 747 TURPs<ref name=pmid18684032>{{Cite journal | last1 = Trpkov | first1 = K. | last2 = Thompson | first2 = J. | last3 = Kulaga | first3 = A. | last4 = Yilmaz | first4 = A. | title = How much tissue sampling is required when unsuspected minimal prostate carcinoma is identified on transurethral resection? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 132 | issue = 8 | pages = 1313-6 | month = Aug | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[1313:HMTSIR]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 18684032 }}</ref>). | ||
Clinically relevant cancer in procedures done for BPH (TURPs and prostatectomies) is seen in approximately 1.5% of specimens.<ref name=pmid25247076/> | |||
==Protocol== | ==Protocol== |
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