REVIEW CLASSIFICATION PROSTATE CARCINOMA ACCORDING TO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2016

Abstract

The classification of prostate carcinoma has undergone several major modifications nearly 40 years. Nowadays, in Vietnam and many countries in the world still apply the histopathological classification according to the World Health Organization 2004. The classification by the World Health Organization in 2004 has quite enough classification of tips Pre-cancer lesion histopathology and basic understanding of molecular biology in prostate cancer. In 2016, the World Health Organization made important updates compared to 2004 on new histological, new variants of cystic adenocarcinoma, and new immune tissue markers, for diagnostics, risk stratification and histological modifications on the Gleason point ladder. The histopathological classification according to the World Health Organization 2016 is a detailed classification system which has practical significance should be widely used in Vietnam.