Immunostaining for prostate cancer androgen receptor in paraffin identifies a subset of men with a poor prognosis.

L P Pertschuk, H Schaeffer, Joseph Feldman, Richard J. Macchia, Young-Seok Kim, Karen Byer Eisenberg, L V Braithwaite, Constantine A. Axiotis, G. S. Prins, G L Green

PubMed · 1995 · 58 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Our data indicate that AR status by ICA may be a useful predictor of survival and endocrine response in prostate cancer. Further studies are needed to confirm these results because the assay could impact significantly on management.