Immunocytochemically detected free peritoneal tumour cells (FPTC) are a strong prognostic factor in gastric carcinoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 611-619

  Nekarda, H ^a   Gess C ^a   Stark, M ^b   Mueller, J D ^a   Fink, U ^a   Schenck, U ^c   Siewert, J R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Immunocytology; Isolated tumour cells; Prognosis; Staging lavage

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ASCITIC FLUID; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032950760     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690096     Document Type: Article

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