TY - T1 - Diagnostic and predictive tools in localized prostate cancer : biopsies, magnetic-resonance imaging, and tissue markers SN - / UR - URN:ISBN:978-951-51-3630-5; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/218277 T3 - A1 - Lahdensuo, Kanerva A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2017 LA - en AB - Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common non-cutaneous cancer in Western men. In Finland, 4500-5000 new cases are diagnosed annually. There is great variability in the clinical course of PC. Patients are therefore stratified into risk groups, reflecting how aggressive their PC is and how actively it should be treated and monitored. Currently, risk stratification is based on diagnostic prostate biopsies, the patient’s prostate-specific antigen level, and the disease’s clinical stage. This system h... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - N1 - PP - ER -