Prognostic prediction following radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer using conventional as well as molecular biological approaches

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-311

  Miyake, Hideaki ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prognostic prediction; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AURORA A KINASE; CAVEOLIN 1; CLUSTERIN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HUMAN KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 2; KALLIKREIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROSTATE CANCER ANTIGEN 3; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATE STEM CELL ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CELL INVASION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NOMOGRAMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84874525180     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2012.03175.x     Document Type: Review

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