Difference between revisions of "Prostate gland"

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===General===
===General===
*Abbreviated as ''HGPIN''.
*Abbreviated as ''HGPIN''.
*Thought to be a precursor lesion for prostate adenocarcinoma.
*Thought to be a precursor lesion for prostate adenocarcinoma; however, HGPIN does not appear to be associated with increased risk for prostate cancer on re-biopsy at one year (if the initial biopsy had 8 or more cores).<ref name=pmid16406886>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Herawi | first1 = M. | last2 = Kahane | first2 = H. | last3 = Cavallo | first3 = C. | last4 = Epstein | first4 = JI. | title = Risk of prostate cancer on first re-biopsy within 1 year following a diagnosis of high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia is related to the number of cores sampled. | journal = J Urol | volume = 175 | issue = 1 | pages = 121-4 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00064-9 | PMID = 16406886 }}
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Low-grade PIN:
Low-grade PIN:
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