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Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Tree Number(s)
C04.557.470.200.240.500
Unique ID
D019048
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019048
Annotation
coordinate with PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS
Scope Note
A premalignant change arising in the prostatic epithelium, regarded as the most important and most likely precursor of prostatic adenocarcinoma. The neoplasia takes the form of an intra-acinar or ductal proliferation of secretory cells with unequivocal nuclear anaplasia, which corresponds to nuclear grade 2 and 3 invasive prostate cancer.
Entry Version
PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPL
Entry Term(s)
Intraepithelial Prostatic Neoplasia
Neoplasia, Prostatic Intraepithelial
Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasms
Previous Indexing
Prostatic Neoplasms (1989-1995)
Public MeSH Note
96
History Note
96
Date Established
1996/01/01
Date of Entry
1995/06/08
Revision Date
1999/11/03
Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia Preferred
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