Morphologic criteria for the diagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma in needle biopsy specimens: A study of 250 consecutive cases in a routine surgical pathology practice

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 554-561

  Varma, Murali ^a   Lee, Min W ^a   Tamboli, Pheroze ^a   Zarbo, Richard J ^a   Jimenez, Rafael E ^a   Salles, Paulo G O ^a   Amin, Mahul B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036249705     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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