Seminal vesicle invasion in radical prostatectomies: Which is the most common route of invasion?

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1097-1102

  Billis, Athanase ^a   Teixeira, Daniel A ^a   Stelini, Rafael F ^a   Quintal, Maísa M ^a   Guimarães, Marbele S ^a   Ferreira, Ubirajara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Invasion; Prostate; Retropubic prostatectomy; Seminal vesicle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EJACULATORY DUCT; EMBEDDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; SEMINAL VESICLE METASTASIS;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEMINAL VESICLES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 36648998508     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-007-9189-7     Document Type: Article

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