Ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate: Current opinion and controversies

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Samaratunga, Hemamali ^a   Delahunt, Brett ^b  

^a SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ductal adenocarcinoma; Prostate cancer; Prostatic specific antigen

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLACYL COENZYME A RACEMASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BASAL CELL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GLEASON SCORE; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; NOTE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49649091297     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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