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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(17):1235; doi:10.1093/jnci/dji322
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© 2005 Oxford University Press

MEMO TO THE MEDIA

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Recent Improvements in Prostate Cancer Outcomes May Be Result of Shift in Classification

Elana Hayasaka

jncimedia@oupjournals.org
301-841-1287
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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Some of the improvement in prostate cancer survival rates over the past decade may be due to a shift in the classification of prostate tumors rather than to an actual improvement in outcomes, according to an article in the September 7 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Prostate cancers are assigned a score called a Gleason score that ranges from 2 to 10, based on the pathologist's estimation of the likelihood that the cancer cells will spread. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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