Distal seminal vesicle invasion by prostate adenocarcinoma does not occur in isolation of proximal seminal vesicle invasion or lymphovascular infiltration

Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 330-333

  Samaratunga, Hemamali ^a,b   Samaratunga, Dinithi ^c   Perry Keene, Joanna ^c   Adamson, Michael ^a   Yaxley, John ^c   Delahunt, Brett ^d  

^a Aquesta Pathology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Prostatic adenocarcinoma; Radical prostatectomy; Seminal vesicle invasion; Seminal vesicle sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951987345     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00313021003767330     Document Type: Article

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