Correlation between collagenolytic activity and grade of histological differentiation in colorectal tumors

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 1071-1078

  Van Stappen, Jos W J Der ^a   Hendriks, Thijs ^a   Wobbes, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COLLAGEN; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMAN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MICROBIAL COLLAGENASE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTUM;

EID: 0025292162     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910450616     Document Type: Article

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