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adenocarcinoma of the prostate

Known as: PROSTATE, ADENOCARCINOMA, adenocarcinoma prostatic, Prostate Adenocarcinoma 
An adenocarcinoma arising from the prostate gland. It is one of the most common malignant tumors afflicting men. The majority of adenocarcinomas… (More)
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Malignant neoplasm of prostateProstate carcinoma

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Randomized trial comparing conventional-dose with high-dose conformal radiation therapy in early-stage adenocarcinoma of the prostate: long-term results from proton radiation oncology group/american…
PURPOSE To test the hypothesis that increasing radiation dose delivered to men with early-stage prostate cancer improves clinical… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Up-regulation of dicer, a component of the MicroRNA machinery, in prostate adenocarcinoma.
MicroRNAs are small noncoding 18- to 24-nt RNAs that are predicted to regulate expression of as many as 30% of protein-encoding… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Comparison of conventional-dose vs high-dose conformal radiation therapy in clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate: a randomized controlled trial.
CONTEXT Clinically localized prostate cancer is very prevalent among US men, but recurrence after treatment with conventional… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Heterogeneity of Gleason grade in multifocal adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
BACKGROUND The Gleason grading system uniquely combines data from different areas of carcinoma in the same prostate specimen… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Over-expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in human prostate adenocarcinoma.
Aberrant or increased expression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many diseases including… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Prostate specific membrane antigen expression in prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and adenocarcinoma: a study of 184 cases.
BACKGROUND Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSM) is a membrane-bound antigen that is highly specific for benign and malignant… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Identification of endothelin–1 in the pathophysiology of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate
Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in U.S. men, and advanced, hormone–refractory disease is… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Prostate specific antigen in the diagnosis and treatment of adenocarcinoma of the prostate. II. Radical prostatectomy treated patients.
Serum prostate specific antigen was determined (Yang polyclonal radioimmunoassay) in 102 men before hospitalization for radical… (More)
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Prostate-specific antigen as a serum marker for adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
To compare the clinical usefulness of the serum markers prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), we… (More)
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Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Isolation of a human prostate carcinoma cell line (DU 145).
A long-term tissue culture cell line has been derived from a human prostate adenocarcinoma metastatic to the brain. The cell line… (More)
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