Metastatic patterns of prostate cancer: An autopsy study of 1,589 patients

Human Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 578-583

  Bubendorf, Lukas ^a,b   Schöpfer, Alain ^a,b   Wagner, Urs ^a,b   Sauter, Guido ^a,b   Moch, Holger ^a,b   Willi, Niels ^a,b   Gasser, Thomas C ^a,b   Mihatsch, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Cantonal Institute of Pathology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Metastasis; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0034085989     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hp.2000.6698     Document Type: Article

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