"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.444.575 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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2006 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2007 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2008 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prostate" by people in Profiles.
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Noisy probing dose facilitated dose prediction for pencil beam scanning proton therapy: Physics enhances generalizability. Med Phys. 2026 May; 53(5):e70509.
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patient Outcomes in Various Robotic-Assisted Simple Prostatectomy Approaches vs Prostate Enucleation in Large Prostates: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis. J Endourol. 2026 Jan; 40(1):100-108.
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Prostate Safety Events During Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Men With Hypogonadism: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 12 01; 6(12):e2348692.
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Mechanism of stepwise electron transfer in six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate (STEAP) 1 and 2. Elife. 2023 11 20; 12.
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Uncertainty in magnetic resonance imaging-based prostate postimplant dosimetry: Results of a 10-person human observer study, and comparisons with automatic postimplant dosimetry. Brachytherapy. 2023 Nov-Dec; 22(6):822-832.
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MR image quality in local staging of prostate cancer: Role of PI-QUAL in the detection of extraprostatic extension. Eur J Radiol. 2023 Sep; 166:110973.
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Addition of Metastasis-Directed Therapy to Intermittent Hormone Therapy for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: The EXTEND Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2023 06 01; 9(6):825-834.
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Meta-Analysis of Candidate Surrogate End Points in Advanced Prostate Cancer. NEJM Evid. 2023 04; 2(4):EVIDoa2200195.
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Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostate in Patients with Pre-Existing Localized Prostate Cancer, Dual Center Study. J Endourol. 2023 03; 37(3):330-334.
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Alterations of plasma exosomal proteins and motabolies are associated with the progression of castration-resistant prostate cancer. J Transl Med. 2023 01 21; 21(1):40.