Grading of the prostate carcinoma: cyto-histological correlations on 100 cases.
From January 1980 to December 1983, 154 patients underwent prostatic FNAB and histological control. The sensitivity of cytology was 85%, the specificity 68% and the predictive value of positive cases 83%. The cyto-histological correlation of the grading of the 100 prostatic carcinomas histologically confirmed (85 cytologically positive for carcinoma and 15 negative or uncertain) showed a predictive value of positive results of 58%, ranging from 42% for G3, 50% for G1 and 69% for G2. The usefulness of cytological grading is stressed to monitor the follow-up of those patients treated for prostatic carcinoma who, because of the advanced stage or age, were not surgically treated.
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Istituto di Anatomia Patologica dell'Universitá di Padova, Italy.
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D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000473:pathology