The prognostic value of natural killer cell infiltration in resected pulmonary adenocarcinoma

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1058-1063

  Takanami, Iwao ^a   Takeuchi, Ken ^a   Giga, Masatoshi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD57 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

EID: 0035384386     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.113026     Document Type: Article

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