Prostate

"Prostate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A gland in males that surrounds the neck of the URINARY BLADDER and the URETHRA. It secretes a substance that liquefies coagulated semen. It is situated in the pelvic cavity behind the lower part of the PUBIC SYMPHYSIS, above the deep layer of the triangular ligament, and rests upon the RECTUM.

Descriptor ID	D011467
MeSH Number(s)	A05.360.444.575 A10.336.707
Concept/Terms	Prostate Prostate Prostates

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Anatomy [A]
Urogenital System [A05]
Genitalia [A05.360]
Genitalia, Male [A05.360.444]
Prostate [A05.360.444.575]
Tissues [A10]
Exocrine Glands [A10.336]
Prostate [A10.336.707]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Prostate" by people in this website by year, and whether "Prostate" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 189 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 1997 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	1	1	2
1997	9	2	11
1998	5	0	5
1999	3	6	9
2000	6	4	10
2001	2	4	6
2002	8	2	10
2003	4	4	8
2004	3	6	9
2005	4	6	10
2006	4	3	7
2007	4	3	7
2008	1	1	2
2009	4	1	5
2010	4	6	10
2011	8	0	8
2012	1	1	2
2013	1	4	5
2014	5	2	7
2015	3	2	5
2016	3	0	3
2017	1	2	3
2018	3	5	8
2020	4	2	6
2021	4	1	5
2022	4	7	11
2023	1	8	9
2024	2	3	5

Below are the most recent publications written about "Prostate" by people in Profiles.

Bernhardt M, Weinhold L, Bremmer F, Chan E, Cheng L, Collins K, Downes M, Greenland N, Hommerding O, Iczkowski KA, Jufe L, Kreft T, van Leenders G, Oxley J, Perry-Keene J, Reis H, Schmid M, Tsuzuki T, Wobker S, Wiliamson SR, Kweldam C, Kristiansen G. Unexpectedly high variability in determining tumour extent in prostatic biopsies: implications for active surveillance. Histopathology. 2025 Mar; 86(4):627-639.

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Varma M, Amin MB, Berney DM, Comp?rat E, Epstein JI, Iczkowski KA, Kristiansen G, Paner GP, Shah RB, Shaw G, van der Kwast TH, van Leenders GJ, Zhou M, Williamson SR. Histological sampling protocols for transurethral resection of prostate specimens need reappraisal. Histopathology. 2024 Nov; 85(5):746-747.

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Wasserman JS, Fowle H, Hashmi R, Atar D, Patel KR, Yarmahmoodi A, Macfarlane AW, Tan Y, Cukierman E, Gligorijevic B, Karami A, Whelan KA, Campbell KS, Gra?a X. Derivation of human primary prostate epithelial cell lines by differentially targeting the CDKN2A locus along with expression of hTERT. Sci Rep. 2024 09 02; 14(1):20409.

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Newcomb LF, Schenk JM, Zheng Y, Liu M, Zhu K, Brooks JD, Carroll PR, Dash A, de la Calle CM, Ellis WJ, Filson CP, Gleave ME, Liss MA, Martin F, McKenney JK, Morgan TM, Tretiakova MS, Wagner AA, Nelson PS, Lin DW. Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Using Protocol-Directed Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer. JAMA. 2024 06 25; 331(24):2084-2093.

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Fernandez Gonzalez De La Vega C, Duenweg S, Jain P, Rubenstein SI, Bobholz S, Barrett MJ, LaViolette PS, Iczkowski KA. Morphologic features of prostate cancer-encased native vessels: An image analysis study. Pathol Res Pract. 2024 Apr; 256:155239.

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Duenweg SR, Brehler M, Lowman AK, Bobholz SA, Kyereme F, Winiarz A, Nath B, Iczkowski KA, Jacobsohn KM, LaViolette PS. Quantitative Histomorphometric Features of Prostate Cancer Predict Patients Who Biochemically Recur Following Prostatectomy. Lab Invest. 2023 12; 103(12):100269.

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Shore ND, Polikarpov DM, Pieczonka CM, Henderson RJ, Bailen JL, Saltzstein DR, Concepcion RS, Beebe-Dimmer JL, Ruterbusch JJ, Levin RA, Wissmueller S, Le TH, Gillatt DA, Chan DW, Deng N, Siddireddy JS, Lu Y, Campbell DH, Walsh BJ. Development and evaluation of the MiCheck? Prostate test for clinically significant prostate cancer. Urol Oncol. 2023 11; 41(11):454.e9-454.e16.

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Freedland SJ, Samjoo IA, Rosta E, Lansing A, Worthington E, Niyazov A, Nazari J, Arondekar B. The impact of race on survival in metastatic prostate cancer: a systematic literature review. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2023 09; 26(3):461-474.

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Downes MR, Liu KN, Yu Y, Lajkosz K, Kroon LJ, Hollemans E, Fleshner N, Finelli A, van Leenders GJLH, Iczkowski KA, van der Kwast TH. Addition of Cribriform and Intraductal Carcinoma Presence to Prostate Biopsy Reporting Strengthens Pretreatment Risk Stratification Using CAPRA and NCCN Tools. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2024 02; 22(1):47-55.

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Pol M, Gao H, Zhang H, George OJ, Fox JM, Jia X. Dynamic modulation of matrix adhesiveness induces epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in prostate cancer cells in 3D. Biomaterials. 2023 Aug; 299:122180.

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