Histological grade heterogeneity in multifocal prostate cancer. Biological and clinical implications

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-299

  Ruijter, Emiel Th ^a   Van De Kaa, Christina A ^a   Schalken, Jack A ^a,b   Debruyne, Frans M ^a   Ruiter, Dirk J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer volume; Grade; Multiple cancers; Prostate biopsy; Prostate carcinoma; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029807167     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199611)180:3<295::AID-PATH663>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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