Case Report

Evaluation of Tumor Viability for Primary and Bone Metastases in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Using Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Figure 4

Histopathological findings at the time of CRPC diagnosis. Prostate needle biopsy detected viable prostate cancer cells from 10 of 12 cores (a). Bone needle biopsy from the second lumbar vertebra demonstrated no malignant cells (b). CRPC, castration-resistant prostate cancer.
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