Clinical significance of the detection of thymidine phosphorylase activity in esophageal squamous cell carcinomas

European Surgical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 357-363

  Ikeguchi, Masahide ^a   Oka, S ^a   Saito, H ^a   Kondo, A ^a   Tsujitani, S ^a   Maeta, M ^a   Kaibara, N ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Thymidine phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MESENTERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032789998     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008713     Document Type: Article

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