Interrelations of clinicopathological variables, local immune response and prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

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Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 514-522

  Ma, Yuxiang ^a   Xian, Meisheng ^b   Li, Jie ^a   Kawabata, Teruyuki ^a   Okada, Shigeru ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinicopathology; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Immunocyte infiltration; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032953480     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01587.x     Document Type: Article

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