American journal of clinical oncology
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Am. J. Clin. Oncol. · Aug 2012
Comparative StudyClinical versus pathologic staging for prostate adenocarcinoma: how do they correlate?
We assessed the ability of 3 clinical factors-stage, D'Amico risk stratification, and Roach formula-estimated nodal risk-to predict the pathologic outcomes in a modern cohort of prostate cancer patients. ⋯ Pathologic staging results in higher risk stratification than that predicted by clinical criteria in the majority of patients. Nodal positivity at diagnosis is uncommon in the current era, and the Roach formula overestimates the actual risk of node-positive disease.