… Given the critical role that needle biopsy plays in treatment decisions, we sought to
determine the risk factors for upgrading and downgrading the prostate biopsy specimen. …

… surgically, but the wide range of upgrade rates has raised uncertainty about the need for …
This study aims to identify risk factors associated with upgrade and determine the upgrade rate …

… upgrade rates of FEA to malignancy and higher-risk lesions and to identify patients who are
at low risk for upgrade… compare upgrade rates between patients with and without risk factors. …

… In this study, we aimed to analyze the risk factors predicting histological upgrade or … In our
study, the upgrade rates of LGD to HGD or adenocarcinoma were as high as 48.9%, indicating …

… Upgrading and downgrading were defined as an increase or decrease, respectively, from
… not considered an upgrade (ie, GS 5–6 to GS 5–6T was not considered an upgrade). Prior …

… CRT upgrade has a high success rate with a reduced risk of acute complications. This study
demonstrates that the procedural outcome for patients undergoing upgrade … that upgrade …

… risk factors for upgrade to malignancy in our population. The predictive model based on these
risk factors … between those patients who will go on to upgrade and those who will not. An …

… upgrade rate and identify the associated predictive factors for IDP … upgrade rate of benign
and atypical IDPs, as well as to identify the predictive factors associated with the upgrade rate …

… upgrade rate from ADH to either DCIS or IC was 29%. When restricted to the 29 studies
including only stereotactic biopsies, the upgrade rate … is a known risk factor for neoplasia in the …

… In consequence, observed rates of upgrading and/or upstaging cannot be accurately
predicted using the available risk factors, at least in the current study. It may be argued that …