Atypical small acinar proliferation: Review of a series of 64 patients

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 272-275

  Mallén, Eva ^a,b   Gil, Pedro ^a   Sancho, Carlos ^a   Gil, Maria Jesús ^a   Allepuz, Carlos ^a   Borque, Angel ^a   Del Agua, Celia ^a   Rioja, Luis Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atypical small acini; Diagnosis; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ATYPICAL SMALL ACINAR PROLIFERATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RECTUM EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BIOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC DISEASES;

EID: 33747610174     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590600641939     Document Type: Review

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