Methods to obtain more clinical and pathologic information from needle core biopsy of the prostate gland

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 963, Issue , 2002, Pages 218-220

  Galosi, Andrea B ^a   Muzzonigro, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Diagnosis; Embedding methods; Histopathology; Prognostic factors; Prostate neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; TECHNIQUE; TRANSDUCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036295414     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04113.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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