2017
DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2017-492
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Abstract 492: Chronic inflammation contributes to neoplastic progression in prostate tissue: a needle biopsy study

Abstract: The relationship between inflammation and prostate cancer has not been established, although chronic inflammation has frequently been identified in prostate biopsies, radical prostatectomy and benign prostatic hyperplasia specimens. In the peripheral zone of the prostate, sometimes adjacent to foci of high-grade PIN and cancer, certain morphologic changes are often identified, which may represent active and terminal phases of chronic inflammation. These changes are designated as proliferative inflammatory atro… Show more

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