Collagenous micronodules in prostate cancer revisited: Are they solely associated with Gleason pattern 3 adenocarcinomas?

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3469-3476

  Kim, Mi J ^a,b   Divatia, Mukul K ^a   Lee, Jeong H ^a   Shen, Steven ^a   Miles, Brian J ^a   Hwang, Jun H ^c   Ayala, Alberto G ^a   Ro, Jae Y ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Collagenous micronodules; Gleason pattern 3; Gleason pattern 4; Mucinous fibroplasia; Prostate adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935434863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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