Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Prostate: Emerging Insights from Molecular Data and Updates to the 2016 World Health Organization Classification

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 123-135

  Priemer, David S ^a   Montironi, Rodolfo ^b   Wang, Lisha ^c   Williamson, Sean R ^d,e   Lopez Beltran, Antonio ^f,g   Cheng, Liang ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^g CHAMPALIMAUD CLINICAL CENTER   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC); Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; Molecular cytogenetics; Neuroendocrine differentiation; Prostate cancer; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PROSTATE TUMOR; REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CARCINOMA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

TUMOR MARKER;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84958761514     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: 15590097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-016-9421-z     Document Type: Review

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