Long-Term Survival after Radical Resection of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report with Special Reference to CD8+ T-Cell Infiltration

International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Abe, Motoki ^a   Kondo, Satoshi ^a   Hirano, Satoshi ^a   Ambo, Yoshiyasu ^a   Tanaka, Eiichi ^a   Morikawa, Toshiaki ^a   Okushiba, Shunichi ^a   Katoh, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD8+; Pancreatic cancer; Prognosis; Tumor infiltrating lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAUNDICE; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0348108313     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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