The value of prognostic factors in prostatic cancer.
Several prognostic parameters of prostatic carcinoma needed to help guide treatment in individual patients are discussed. Tumour volume, nodal and bone metastases, grading, prostate-specific antigen and DNA ploidy have been correlated with prognosis. Recent studies have analysed tumour volume in detail. However, currently there is no single prognostic factor which can predict tumour aggressiveness on an individual patient basis to rationalize decisions. Multivariate analyses are therefore in progress to determine independent prognostic variables.
Department of Urology, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*