Alpha-fetoprotein-producing carcinoma of the colon: Report of a case and review of the literature

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 826-831

  Yachida, Shinichi ^a   Fukushima, Noriyoshi ^a   Nakanishi, Yukihiro ^b   Akasu, Takayuki ^a   Kitamura, Hiroshi ^a   Sakamoto, Michiie ^b   Shimoda, Tadakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Colon cancer; Hepatocyte paraffin 1; Hepatoid carcinoma; Testicular tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLON CARCINOMA; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0038315331     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6663-5     Document Type: Article

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