Difference between revisions of "Prostate gland"

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*HGPIN: AMACR+, p63+, HMWCK+.
*HGPIN: AMACR+, p63+, HMWCK+.
*Normal: AMACR-, p63+, HMWCK+.
*Normal: AMACR-, p63+, HMWCK+.
===Reporting prostate cancer===
====Biopsy reports====
Important elements:
*Diagnosis.
**Specific subtype (usually ''acinar'').
**Gleason score, e.g. 4+3=7.
*Number of cores involved.
*Percentage of core surface area involved (estimated).
*Percentage of tumour that is Gleason pattern 4 or 5.
====Prostatectomy specimens====
See: [http://www.cap.org/apps/cap.portal?_nfpb=true&cntvwrPtlt_actionOverride=/portlets/contentViewer/show&_windowLabel=cntvwrPtlt&cntvwrPtlt{actionForm.contentReference}=committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/protocols_index.html&_pageLabel=cntvwr CAP checklist].


==Atrophy==
==Atrophy==
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