Prostate cancer pathologic stage pT2b (2002 TNM staging system): does it exist?
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Prostate cancer pathologic stage pT2b (2002 TNM staging system): does it exist?
OBJECTIVE In the 1997 TNM staging system, tumors were classified into a single subdivision: T2a, and bilateral tumor involvement (T2b). In the 2002 TNM staging system, tumors are subclassified as T2a (less than one half of one lobe involvement), T2b (more than one half of one lobe involvement), and T2c (bilateral involvement). A recent study questioned the existence of a true pathologic pT2b tu...
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عنوان ژورنال: International braz j urol
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1677-5538
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-55382006000100007