Standardized staining and analysis of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region associated proteins (AgNORs) in radically resected colorectal adenocarcinoma—correlation with tumour stage and long‐term survival

The Journal of Pathology

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 441-448

  Öfner, Dietmar ^a,b   Riedmann, Bernhard ^b   Maier, Hans ^c   Hittmair, Anton ^c   Rumer, Astrid ^b   Tötsch, Martin ^c   Spechtenhauser, Bernhard ^b   Böcker, Werner ^a   Schmid, Kurt W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

AgNORs; colorectal adenocarcinoma; morphometric AgNOR analysis; prognosis; silver staining; tumour stage; wet autoclave pretreatment

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME NOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SILVER STAINING; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; SILVER STAINING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028921033     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1711750412     Document Type: Article

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