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> >THE LIGHTNING HYPERTEXT OF DISEASE >© 1991-2001, Pathology Informatics, Inc. >Packet No.: 26 >11063 >SEMINAL VESICLE INVOLVEMENT BY PROSTATE CANCER. >The authors divide seminal vesicle invasion into 3 types: >1. Direct spread along the ejaculatory duct into the seminal vesicle. >2. Extracapsular prostate spread onto and through the seminal vesicle >capsule. >3. Isolated deposits of cancer in the seminal vesicle, >with no contiguous primary cancer in the prostate. > >The authors suggest that type 3 invasion has a more favorable prognosis >than the other 2 types. I think our Type 3 Invasion has a *much* more favorable prognosis than the other two types.... (Types 1 and 2 of course... ;) >-------------------- >Ohori M, Scardino PT, Lapin SL, Seale-Hawkins C, Link J, Wheeler TM. >The mechanisms and prognostic significance of seminal vesicle involvement >by prostate cancer. Am J Surg Pathol 17:1252-1261, 1993. >key words: prostate, prostate adenocarcinoma, invasion, stage, grade, >Gleason, JB > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe