Skin metastasis of prostate adenocarcinoma to glans penis showing no correlation with serum prostate-specific antigen level: Letter to the editor

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-108

  Kobashi Katoh, Rika ^a   Tanioka, Miki ^a   Takahashi, Kenzo ^a   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; PENIS GLANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NECROSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 61849142637     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2009.00599.x     Document Type: Letter

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