Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the stomach: A subset of gastric carcinoma with distinct clinicopathological features and high prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus infection

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 1214-1219

  Wang, Hsih Hsi ^b   Wu, Ming Shiang ^b   Shun, Chia Tung ^b   Wang, Hsiu Po ^b   Lin, Chun Cher ^b   Lin, Jaw Town ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinicopathological features; Epstein Barr virus; Lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma; Stomach

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RNA;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY CANCER; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MESENTERY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH MUSCLE; STOMACH TUMOR; SUBMUCOSA; TAIWAN; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TAIWAN; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032904099     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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