| PCa | prostate cancer |
| TMPRSS2 | transmembrane protease serine 2 |
| Ets | erythroblastosis virus E26 |
| ERG | Ets related gene |
| TAM | tamoxifen |
| LUT | lower urogenital tract |
| PIN | prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia |
| LGPIN | low-grade PIN |
| HGPIN | high-grade PIN |
| WD | well differentiated |
| MD | moderately differentiated |
| PD | poorly differentiated |
| PCNA | proliferation cell nuclear antigen |
| PECAM-1/CD-31 | platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 |
| DAB | 3,3′-diaminobenzidine |
| IHC | immunohistochemistry |