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*Tumour '''must''' be in the muscle surrounding the epithelial component; tumour in the connective tissue surrounding the seminal vesicles does not count.<ref name=Ref_Lester3_409>{{Ref Lester3|409}}</ref> | *Tumour '''must''' be in the muscle surrounding the epithelial component; tumour in the adventitia (the loose connective tissue surrounding the seminal vesicles) does not count.<ref name=Ref_Lester3_409>{{Ref Lester3|409}}</ref><ref name=pmid20818343>{{Cite journal | last1 = Berney | first1 = DM. | last2 = Wheeler | first2 = TM. | last3 = Grignon | first3 = DJ. | last4 = Epstein | first4 = JI. | last5 = Griffiths | first5 = DF. | last6 = Humphrey | first6 = PA. | last7 = van der Kwast | first7 = T. | last8 = Montironi | first8 = R. | last9 = Delahunt | first9 = B. | title = International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Handling and Staging of Radical Prostatectomy Specimens. Working group 4: seminal vesicles and lymph nodes. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 39-47 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2010.160 | PMID = 20818343 }}</ref> | ||
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*Invasion of the adventitia (only) would quality as EPE; this is, usually, T3a. | |||
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