The prognostic significance of immunohistochemically detected lymph node micrometastases in colorectal carcinoma

The Journal of Pathology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 183-187

  Jeffers, Michael D ^a   O'Dowd, Gerard M ^a   Mulcahy, Hugh ^b   Stagg, Mary ^a   O'Donoghue, Diarmuid P ^b   Toner, Mary ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; cytokeratin; immunocytochemistry; lymph node micrometastases; neoplasm staging; prognosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0028230541     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1711720205     Document Type: Article

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