Highly aggressive behavior and poor prognosis of small-cell carcinoma in the alimentary tract: Flow-cytometric analysis and immunohistochemical staining for the p53 protein and proliferating cell nuclear antigen

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 152-157

  Kimura, Hironobu ^a   Konishi, Kohji ^a   Maeda, Kiichi ^a   Yabushita, Kazuhisa ^a   Tsuji, Masahiko ^a   Miwa, Atsuo ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alimentary tract; Flow cytometry; P53; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; DNA CONTENT; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; PLOIDY; PROGNOSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0032965269     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018709     Document Type: Article

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