Tumor-associated Macrophage (TAM) Infiltration in Gastric Cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5 A, 2003, Pages 4079-4083

  Ishigami, Sumiya ^a   Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Tokuda, Koki ^a   Nakajo, Akihiro ^a   Okumura, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumoto, Masataka ^a   Miyazono, Futoshi ^a   Hokita, Shuichi ^a   Aikou, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD3 ; Gastric cancer; Tumor associated macrophage

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD3; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344874045     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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