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Carcinomas
of the Prostate are Graded and Staged
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As with
all malignancies, we try to develop a histologic grade and
stage for each person's tumor.
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As a general
rule the less well differentiated the neoplasm, i.e. the higher
its grade, the more aggressively it is likely to behave.
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Even so,
the stage is the most important predictive factor for most
malignancies.
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For example,
there is likely going to be a better outcome for someone with a
high
grade tumor that is still confined to its tissue of origin at the time
of discovery, as opposed to a neoplasm with a lower histologic
grade that has already spread to the bone and brain.
Here's
how it works for prostate cancers.
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