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Tests underestimate aggressiveness of prostate cancer – research

Men with prostate cancer are being given false hope by tests that underestimate the aggressiveness of their disease. [s]The Guardian[/s] quotes Dr Greg Shaw, urological surgeon from the [b]Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute[/b]: ‘Our results show that the severity of up to half of men's prostate cancers may be underestimated when relying on tests before they have surgery.’ The findings, published in the [s]British Journal of Cancer[/s], call into question the ability of experts to grade and stage prostate cancers on the basis of biopsy samples.

[link url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/11/prostate-cancer-tests-underestimate-disease]Full report in The Guardian[/link]
[link url=http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/bjc2014192a.html]BJC abstract[/link]

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