Infiltration by immunocompetent cells in early stage invasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix: A prognostic study

Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-327

  Bethwaite, Peter B ^a   Holloway, Linda J ^a   Thornton, Ann ^a   Delahunt, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Dendritic cells; Langerhans' cells; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030431246     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169274     Document Type: Article

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