Nuclear roundness factor: A quantitative approach to grading in prostatic carcinoma, reliability of needle biopsy tissue, and the effect of tumor stage on usefulness

The Prostate

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 199-206

  Clark, Terry D ^a   Askin, Frederic B ^b   Bagnell, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

automated cytology; image analysis; morphometry; prognosis

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0023251176     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: 10970045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pros.2990100303     Document Type: Article

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