Biomaterial Database

Stage A prostate cancer from pathologist's viewpoint. 1981

M Golimbu, and J Glasser, and R Schinella, and P Morales

Four hundred sixty-five departments of pathology in the United States were asked the following questions pertaining to Stage A prostatic cancer: (1) If a focus of adenocarcinoma is incidentally found in an enucleated specimen, what is the maximum diameter such a lesion may attain and still be considered an A-1 prostatic carcinoma? (2) If adenocarcinoma is incidentally found in a specimen resected transurethrally, how many chips may contain tumor and the lesion still be considered A-1 prostatic carcinoma? (3) What is your "routine pathologic examination" of a prostatic specimen? The majority of pathologists believe that the maximum diameter of a focal (A-1) lesion in an enucleated specimen is 5 mm., and the maximum number of transurethral chips containing tumor in a focal (A-1) lesion is three. The majority of pathologists section every chip when the specimen weighs less than 10 Gm. However, only 12 per cent of the pathologists section every chip when the specimen is greater than 10 Gm., while the others use a random section technique. There is a great diversity of techniques among pathologists in their methods of examining enucleated prostatic specimens.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009367	Neoplasm Staging	Methods which attempt to express in replicable terms the extent of the neoplasm in the patient.	Cancer Staging,Staging, Neoplasm,Tumor Staging,TNM Classification,TNM Staging,TNM Staging System,Classification, TNM,Classifications, TNM,Staging System, TNM,Staging Systems, TNM,Staging, Cancer,Staging, TNM,Staging, Tumor,System, TNM Staging,Systems, TNM Staging,TNM Classifications,TNM Staging Systems
D010338	Pathology, Clinical	A subspecialty of pathology applied to the solution of clinical problems, especially the use of laboratory methods in clinical diagnosis. (Dorland, 28th ed.)	Clinical Pathology
D011471	Prostatic Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the PROSTATE.	Cancer of Prostate,Prostate Cancer,Cancer of the Prostate,Neoplasms, Prostate,Neoplasms, Prostatic,Prostate Neoplasms,Prostatic Cancer,Cancer, Prostate,Cancer, Prostatic,Cancers, Prostate,Cancers, Prostatic,Neoplasm, Prostate,Neoplasm, Prostatic,Prostate Cancers,Prostate Neoplasm,Prostatic Cancers,Prostatic Neoplasm
D011795	Surveys and Questionnaires	Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions.	Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000078329	Workforce	The number of people working or available for work or service.	Human Resources,Labor Supply,Manpower,Staffing,Womanpower,Human Resource,Labor Supplies,Manpowers,Staffings,Supply, Labor,Womanpowers,Workforces