So-called carcinosarcoma of the esophagus: A clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical and DNA flow-cytometric analysis of 6 cases

Oncology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-35

  Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Matsushita, Yoshifumi ^a   Chuman, Yutaka ^a   Kijima, Fumio ^a   Haraguchi, Yusei ^a   Shimada, Mario ^a   Yoshinaka, Heiji ^a   Baba, Masamichi ^a   Mueller, James ^a   Aikou, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Esophageal tumor; Flow cytometry; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; KERATIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; CARCINOSARCOMA; DNA, NEOPLASM; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033026956     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000011997     Document Type: Article

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