Precancerous conditions of gallbladder carcinoma: Overview of histopathologic characteristics and molecular genetic findings

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 556-567

  Sasatomi, Eizaburo ^a,b   Tokunaga, Osamu ^a   Miyazaki, Kohji ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Anomalous pancreatico biliary ductal junction; Dysplasia; Gallbladder carcinoma; Precancerous condition

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; BILE DUCT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MUTATION; ONCOGENE RAS; PANCREAS DUCT; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOMA; BILE DUCTS; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; GENES, P53; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MUTATION; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 0034569572     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005340070004     Document Type: Article

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