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Advances in surgical pathology. Prostate cancer

Advances in surgical pathology. Prostate cancer [electronic resource] / Prostate cancer - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012. - 1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) : color illustrations. - Advances in surgical pathology series . - Advances in surgical pathology series. LWW medical book collection. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and prostate cancer statistics / In Gab Jeong, Choung-Soo Kim, and Jae Y. Ro -- Overview of the clinical management of prostate cancer / Lambros Stamatakis, Guru Sonpavde, and Ganesh S. Palapattu -- New imaging technique in the diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer / Mi H. Kim and Kyoung-Sik Cho -- Normal prostate histology : diagnostically significant features / Kevin O. Turner, Yong Wook Park, and Qihui "Jim" Zhai -- Benign mimickers of prostate cancer / Steven S. Shen, Qihui "Jim" Zhai, and Jae Y. Ro -- Prostate intraepithelial neoplasia / Jose Gonzalez-Berjon, Jae Y. Ro, and Alberto G. Ayala -- Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia / Steven S. Shen and Jae Y. Ro -- Atrophy and other putative preneoplastic lesions / Sreeharsha N. Masineni and Qihui "Jim" Zhai -- Histopathology of prostate cancer / Sergio Pi�na-Oviedo, Alberto G. Ayala, and Jae Y. Ro -- Gleason grading system / Mukul Divatia, Steven S. Shen, and Jae Y. Ro -- Variants of prostate cancer / Sergio Pi�na-Oviedo and Jae Y. Ro -- Morphologic changes following treatment / Steven S. Shen and Jae Y. Ro -- Mesenchymal lesions of the prostate / Mukul Divatia and Jae Y. Ro -- Use of immunostains in diagnosis / Ninad M. Patil, Jae Y. Ro, and Qihui "Jim" Zhai -- Molecular pathology of prostate cancer / Yong Mee Cho, Jae Y. Ro, and Gustavo E. Ayala -- Prognostic factors and the pathology report / Mukul Divatia, Jae Y. Ro, and Steven S. Shen -- Current issues and new developments in tumor staging / Gabriela Quiroga and Alberto G. Ayala.

A concise and updated review of prostate cancer pathologic diagnosis with emphasis on practical issues and recent developments in the field. Each chapter addresses the basic diagnostic features, differential diagnoses, pitfalls and ways to resolve the problem. Additionally, a brief introduction of prostate cancer screening, clinical management and treatment are summarized. Recent development of immunohistochemistry, molecular testing in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment are also reviewed. Finally, current knowledge of molecular alteration of prostate cancer carcinogenesis and impact in diagnosis and treatment are discussed.

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Prostate--Cancer.
Prostate--Cancer--Pathophysiology.
Pathology, Surgical.
Prostatic Neoplasms--pathology.
Prostatic Neoplasms--surgery.
Neoplasm Staging--methods.
Pathology, Surgical--methods.
Prostate--Cancer.

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