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==IHC==
==IHC==
===General recommendations===
ISUP consensus statement:<ref name=pmid25025364>{{cite journal |author=Amin MB, Epstein JI, Ulbright TM, ''et al.'' |title=Best practices recommendations in the application of immunohistochemistry in urologic pathology: report from the international society of urological pathology consensus conference |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=38 |issue=8 |pages=1017–22 |year=2014 |month=August |pmid=25025364 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0000000000000254 |url=}}</ref>
*Should ''not'' be used if cancer is obvious.
*Should ''not'' be used if it isn't going change the clinical management.
===Benign prostate versus neoplastic prostate===
===Benign prostate versus neoplastic prostate===
*AMACR +ve.
*AMACR +ve.
*AR +ve -- in prostate confined cancer.
**Usu. -ve in LN +ve disease.<ref name=pmid20878946>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fleischmann | first1 = A. | last2 = Rocha | first2 = C. | last3 = Schobinger | first3 = S. | last4 = Seiler | first4 = R. | last5 = Wiese | first5 = B. | last6 = Thalmann | first6 = GN. | title = Androgen receptors are differentially expressed in Gleason patterns of prostate cancer and down-regulated in matched lymph node metastases. | journal = Prostate | volume = 71 | issue = 5 | pages = 453-60 | month = Apr | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1002/pros.21259 | PMID = 20878946 }}</ref>
*PSA +ve.
*PSAP +ve.
**May be positive in hindgut [[neuroendocrine tumour]]s.<ref name=pmid>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Azumi | first1 = N. | last2 = Traweek | first2 = ST. | last3 = Battifora | first3 = H. | title = Prostatic acid phosphatase in carcinoid tumors. Immunohistochemical and immunoblot studies. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 8 | pages = 785-90 | month = Aug | year = 1991 | doi =  | PMID = 1712549 }}</ref>
**May be positive in hindgut [[neuroendocrine tumour]]s.<ref name=pmid>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Azumi | first1 = N. | last2 = Traweek | first2 = ST. | last3 = Battifora | first3 = H. | title = Prostatic acid phosphatase in carcinoid tumors. Immunohistochemical and immunoblot studies. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 8 | pages = 785-90 | month = Aug | year = 1991 | doi =  | PMID = 1712549 }}</ref>
*p63 -ve.
*p63 -ve.
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***Why '''CAP'''?  
***Why '''CAP'''?  
****A. '''CA'''ncer of the '''P'''rostate.
****A. '''CA'''ncer of the '''P'''rostate.
Other IHC stains:
*AR +ve -- in prostate confined cancer.
**Usu. -ve in LN +ve disease.<ref name=pmid20878946>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fleischmann | first1 = A. | last2 = Rocha | first2 = C. | last3 = Schobinger | first3 = S. | last4 = Seiler | first4 = R. | last5 = Wiese | first5 = B. | last6 = Thalmann | first6 = GN. | title = Androgen receptors are differentially expressed in Gleason patterns of prostate cancer and down-regulated in matched lymph node metastases. | journal = Prostate | volume = 71 | issue = 5 | pages = 453-60 | month = Apr | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1002/pros.21259 | PMID = 20878946 }}</ref>
*PSA +ve.
*PSAP +ve.


====Prostate carcinoma versus urothelial carcinoma====
====Prostate carcinoma versus urothelial carcinoma====
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