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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Prostate chips are generated from ''transurethral resection of the prostate'' (TURP) procedures. These are generally for relieving urinary obstruction due to [[nodular hyperplasia of the prostate]] (benign prostatic hyperplasia); however, urinary obstruction may be secondary to [[prostate cancer]]. Thus, the job of the pathologist here, usually, is excluding an incidental [[cancer]]. | Prostate chips are generated from ''transurethral resection of the prostate'' (TURP) procedures. These are generally for relieving urinary obstruction due to [[nodular hyperplasia of the prostate]] (benign prostatic hyperplasia); however, urinary obstruction may be secondary to [[prostate cancer]]. Thus, the job of the pathologist here, usually, is excluding an incidental [[cancer]]. | ||
The prevalence of prostate cancer is TURP specimens is approximately 17% based on a series of 747 specimens.<ref name=pmid18684032>{{Cite journal | last1 = Trpkov | first1 = K. | last2 = Thompson | first2 = J. | last3 = Kulaga | first3 = A. | last4 = Yilmaz | first4 = A. | title = How much tissue sampling is required when unsuspected minimal prostate carcinoma is identified on transurethral resection? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 132 | issue = 8 | pages = 1313-6 | month = Aug | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[1313:HMTSIR]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 18684032 }}</ref> | |||
==Protocol== | ==Protocol== | ||