Latent prostatic cancer in a consecutive autopsy series.
In a consecutive series of autopsies, 223 prostates were removed. Latent prostatic cancer (LPC) was found in 50 cases (22%). All the tumours were adenocarcinomas. The frequency increased with age. No conclusive evidence was found of a relationship between prostatic hyperplasia and LPC. The extent of the tumour seemed to have greater prognostic significance than the degree of differentiation.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*