The Role of the Pathologist in the Evaluation of Radical Prostatectomy Specimens

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 387-391

  Ekici, Sinan ^a   Ayhan, Ayse ^a   Erkan, Ilhan ^a   Bakkaloǧlu, Mehmet ^a   Özen, Haluk ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pathology; Prognosis; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0344441823     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310014535     Document Type: Article

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