Journal article
Yield of cancer tissue from prostatic needle biopsy
Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.), Vol.29(2), pp.153-156
1987
DOI: 10.1016/0090-4295(87)90144-0
PMID: 3811093
Abstract
This study concerns the quality of human prostatic cancer needle biopsy specimens for routine diagnosis and for bioassay. We examined routine hematoxylin and eosin-stained microscopic sections from 20 prostatic cancer patients, 159 needle cores in all, 71 positive for tumor. Linear core measurements were made with a calibrated ocular micrometer, each segment, counted positive if it contained any tumor. Among all subjects there were 35.5 cm of tumor-bearing core length, 26 per cent of the total core length but 60 per cent of the length if completely negative cores were excluded. From these data we calculate a 91 per cent probability of detecting any cancer present if at least 4 cores are taken.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Yield of cancer tissue from prostatic needle biopsy
- Creators
- William W BonneyRobert A RobinsonPeter A LachenbruchDavid A Culp
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.), Vol.29(2), pp.153-156
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/0090-4295(87)90144-0
- PMID
- 3811093
- ISSN
- 0090-4295
- eISSN
- 1527-9995
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1987
- Academic Unit
- Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine; Pathology; Urology
- Record Identifier
- 9984047991102771
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