A new grading system for prostate cancer — which categorizes tumours from grade group 1 (least aggressive) to grade group 5 (most aggressive) — has been endorsed by the editors of five major urology journals.
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Epstein, J. Urology journals recommend new prostate cancer grade groups. Nat Rev Urol 13, 374–375 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2016.96
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