by Kwan Yiu Wing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 167-187). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.IV / ABSTRACT --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.5 / Chapter I. --- Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer --- p.5 / Chapter II. --- The Normal Prostate - Prostatic Anatomy --- p.9 / Chapter III. --- Pathology of Prostatic Cancers --- p.12 / Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA --- p.16 / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.16 / Chapter II. --- "Definition, Characteristics and Grading" --- p.16 / Chapter III. --- Incidence and Prevalence of PIN --- p.26 / Chapter IV. --- Evidence Linking PIN with Prostatic Carcinoma --- p.27 / Chapter V. --- Conclusion --- p.37 / Chapter CHAPTER 3. --- HISTOLOGIC BIOMARKERS --- p.39 / Chapter I. --- p53 Protein --- p.39 / Chapter II. --- Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) --- p.44 / Chapter III. --- Ki-67 Antigen --- p.48 / Chapter IV. --- Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor --- p.49 / Chapter V. --- E-Cadherin --- p.51 / Chapter VI. --- CD44 --- p.54 / Chapter VII. --- nm23 --- p.58 / Chapter CHAPTER 4. --- OBJECTIVES OF STUDY --- p.62 / Chapter CHAPTER 5. --- MATERIALS AND METHODS --- p.63 / Chapter I. --- Materials --- p.63 / Chapter II. --- Methods --- p.71 / Chapter III. --- Interpretation of Immunostaining Results --- p.78 / Chapter IV. --- Statistical Analysis --- p.82 / Chapter CHAPTER 6. --- RESULTS --- p.83 / Chapter I. --- Immunohistochemical Results for p53 Protein --- p.83 / Chapter II. --- Results of Immunostaining of PCNA --- p.90 / Chapter III. --- Immunostaining and Quantitation of Ki-67 Expression --- p.97 / Chapter IV. --- Immunohistochemical Expression of EGFr --- p.105 / Chapter V. --- E-Cadherin --- p.110 / Chapter VI. --- CD44 --- p.115 / Chapter VII. --- Expression of nm23 in Prostatic Lesions --- p.122 / Chapter VIII. --- Correlation and Association of Expressions of All Biomarkers in Prostatic Lesions --- p.128 / Chapter CHAPTER 7. --- DISCUSSION --- p.132 / Chapter I. --- p53 Protein --- p.135 / Chapter II. --- PCNA --- p.137 / Chapter III. --- Ki-67 --- p.140 / Chapter IV. --- EGFr --- p.143 / Chapter V. --- E-Cadherin --- p.146 / Chapter VI. --- CD44 --- p.148 / Chapter VII. --- nm23 --- p.151 / Chapter VIII. --- Association between Biomarkers and Prostate lesions --- p.154 / Chapter CHAPTER 8. --- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION --- p.157 / APPENDICES --- p.164 / Chapter I. --- Table of incidence and mortality rates of prostate cancer in the United States from 1973 to 1995 by race --- p.164 / Chapter II. --- Table of leading cancer deaths in Hong Kong from 1971 to 1996 --- p.165 / Chapter III. --- Table of incidence and mortality rate caused by prostate cancer in Hong Kong --- p.166 / Chapter IV. --- Reagents --- p.167 / REFERENCES --- p.169
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322865 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Contributors | Kwan, Yiu Wing., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, iv, 187 leaves : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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