Can histopathology predict treatment outcome following high-energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy of the prostate? Results of a biopsy study

Prostate

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-36

  D'Ancona, F C H ^a   Albers, Y H M ^a   Kiemeney, L A ^a   Xue, Y ^a   Smedts, F ^b   Van Der Poel, H G ^a   Debruyne, F M J ^a   De La Rosette, J J M C H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Pathology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical response; Epithelium stroma ratio; Histopathology; TUMT; Vessel density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BIOMETRY; BLOOD VESSELS; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; STROMAL CELLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033564556     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19990615)40:1<28::AID-PROS4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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