Lymphatic vessels in colorectal cancer and their relation with inflammatory infiltrate

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-47

  Sacchi, Giovanni ^a   Weber, Elisabetta ^a   Aglianó, Margherita ^a   Lorenzoni, Paola ^a   Rossi, Antonella ^a   Caruso, Anna Maria ^a   Vernillo, Remo ^a   Gerli, Renato ^a   Lorenzi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Inflammatory infiltrate; Lymphatic vessels; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID; RESIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER CELL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; MAST CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0037244035     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6494-4     Document Type: Article

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