Cytoplasmic beta-catenin accumulation as a predictor of hematogenous metastasis in human colorectal cancer

Oncology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 302-309

  Maruyama, Keiji ^a,b   Ochiai, Atsushi ^a   Akimoto, Shingo ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^b   Baba, Shozo ^b   Moriya, Yoshihiro ^c   Hirohashi, Setsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beta catenin accumulation; Colorectal adenocarcinoma; Hematogenous metastasis; Immunohistochemistry; Intratumoral heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER INVASION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0033663048     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012187     Document Type: Article

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