Prognostic assessment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-228

  Yan, Hui ^a   Marchettini, Pierre ^a   Acherman, Yair I Z ^a   Gething, Sue Ann ^b   Brun, Erwin ^b   Sugarbaker, Paul H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Location; Mitotic activitv; Prognostic factors; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS RATE; PERITONEUM CANCER; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SPINDLE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037841463     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.COC.0000018296.45892.CE     Document Type: Article

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