Computerized nuclear morphometry of hepatocellular carcinoma and its relation to proliferative activity

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 225-230

  Ikeguchi, Masahide ^a   Sato, Naoki ^a   Hirooka, Yasuaki ^a   Kaibara, Nobuaki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood vessel invasion; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Intrahepatic metastasis; Nuclear area

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABELING INDEX; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031818340     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199808)68:4<225::AID-JSO4>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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