Perineural and lymphovascular invasion on prostatic biopsy: Pathological assessment and significance

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 200-202

  Freeman, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Lymphovascular; Perineural; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOVASCULAR INVASION; PERINEURAL INVASION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68849105016     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.02.010     Document Type: Review

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