Histopathological grade, mucinous differentiation and DNA ploidy in relation to prognosis in colorectal carcinoma

Histopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-126

  Purdie, C A ^a,b   Piris, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Differentiation; DNA ploidy; Histopathology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MUCINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLOIDIES; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033994492     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2000.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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