title: Prostatic carcinoma: a trilogy of clinical expressions.
abstract: A review of the available clinical and pathologic information suggests that the biologic behavior of prostatic carcinoma can be characterized by one of three different tumor-growth kinetic curves. Failure to identify the biologic potential of the tumor, as indicated by the pattern of its growth curve, can result in inappropriate selection of treatment.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*