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Editorial
. 2024 Oct;86(4):291-294.
doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2024.02.017. Epub 2024 Mar 27.

How To Report the Minor Component of a High-grade Pattern in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens: Time To Abandon the "Tertiary" Terminology?

Alessia Cimadamore  1 , Gianluca Giannarini  2 , Alessandro Crestani  2 , Antonio Lopez-Beltran  3 , Rodolfo Montironi  4 , Liang Cheng  5
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How To Report the Minor Component of a High-grade Pattern in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens: Time To Abandon the "Tertiary" Terminology?

Alessia Cimadamore et al. Eur Urol. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

The International Society of Urological Pathology and Genitourinary Pathology Society differ in their recommendations for reporting of minor components of high-grade pattern in prostatectomy specimens. This can affect the grade group assigned, particularly when there are only two Gleason patterns in a cancer nodule. We therefore argue that the term "tertiary" should be changed to "minor" component.

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