Proliferative activity of esophageal carcinomas and their lymph node metastases: Comparison using argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region staining

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 274-279

  Yano, Koichi ^a   Okamura, Takeshi ^b   Yoshida, Yasunori ^a   Ichiyoshi, Yuji ^a   Yasumoto, Kosei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Shakai hoken Nakabaru Hosp   (Japan)

Author keywords

AgNOR score; Esophageal carcinoma; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME NOR; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIVISION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER STAINING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030788564     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199708)65:4<274::AID-JSO9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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