title: Grading of the prostate carcinoma: cyto-histological correlations on 100 cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomia Patologica dell'Universitá di Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dalla Palma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dante
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costantin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rebuffi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zattoni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piazza
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000473:pathology