Proposed morphologic classification of prostate cancer with neuroendocrine differentiation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 756-767

  Epstein, Jonathan I ^a   Amin, Mahul B ^b   Beltran, Himisha ^c   Lotan, Tamara L ^a   Mosquera, Juan Miguel ^c,d   Reuter, Victor E ^e   Robinson, Brian D ^c,d   Troncoso, Patricia ^f   Rubin, Mark A ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; Paneth cell like; Prostate adenocarcinonma; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NOMENCLATURE; PANETH CELL; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE TUMOR; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANETH CELLS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84900836746     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000208     Document Type: Article

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