Prognostic Significance of Argyrophilic Nucleolar Organizer Region (AgNOR) in Resected Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 298-304

  Rodrigues, Olavo Ribeiro ^a   Antonangelo, Leila ^b   Yagi, Neide ^b   Minamoto, Héllo ^a   Schmidt Jr , Aurelino Fernandas ^a   Capelozzi, Vera Luiza ^b   Goldenberg, Saul ^c   Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell nucleolus; Lung neoplasms; Non small cell lung cancer; Nucleolus organizer region; Silver staining

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHROMOSOME NOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SILVER STAINING; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; PROGNOSIS; SILVER STAINING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031254556     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/27.5.298     Document Type: Article

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