Occult lymph node metastases detected by cytokeratin immunohistochemistry predict recurrence in node-negative endometrial cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-144

  Yabushita, Hiromitsu ^a   Shimazu, Mitsuma ^a   Yamada, Hidefumi ^a   Sawaguchi, Keizo ^a   Noguchi, Masayoshi ^a   Nakanishi, Masami ^a   Kawai, Michiyasu ^b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Toyohashi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Endometrial cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Macrophage; Occult metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MACROPHAGE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0035132018     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.2000.6067     Document Type: Article

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