Are argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions good prognostic indicators of survival of patients with esophageal cancer with lymph node metastasis?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-206

  Ikeguchi, Masahide ^a   Katano, Kuniyuki ^a   Oka, Atsuo ^a   Shibata, Shunsuke ^a   Tsujitani, Shunichi ^a   Maeta, Michio ^a   Kaibara, Nobuaki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 year survival; AgNORs; esophageal cancer; lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME NOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; PROGNOSIS; SILVER STAINING; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029901760     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199607)62:3<201::AID-JSO10>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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