The Prognostic Significance of Tertiary Gleason Pattern 5 in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 394-398

  Mosse, Claudio A ^a   Magi Galluzzi, Cristina ^a   Tsuzuki, Toyonori ^a   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gleason score; Margins; Pathologic stage; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1442329376     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200403000-00014     Document Type: Article

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