Invasion of fat justifies assignment of stage pT3a in prostatic adenocarcinoma

Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-311

  Sung, Ming Tse ^a,b   Eble, John N ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Extraprostatic extension; Fat; Neoplasia; Prostate; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33747596634     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020600820914     Document Type: Article

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