Sialyl-Tn antigen as a useful predictor of poor prognosis in patients with advanced stomach cancer

Surgery Today

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 682-686

  Terashima, Shinya ^a   Takano, Yoshinao ^a   Ohori, Takeo ^a   Kanno, Tomoyuki ^a   Kimura, Takuya ^a   Motoki, Ryoichi ^a   Kawaguchi, Takanori ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Sialyl Tn antigen; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; SIALYL TN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0031876929     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02484612     Document Type: Article

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