Computer based receptogram approach: An objective way of assessing immunohistochemistry of androgen receptor staining and its correlation with hormonal response in metastatic carcinoma of prostate

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-150

  Nabi, G ^a   Seth, A ^b   Dinda, A K ^b   Gupta, N P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER BASED RECEPTOGRAM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; ORCHIECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0842287363     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.010520     Document Type: Article

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