Carcinoma of the rectum: Possible cellular predictors of metastatic potential and response to radiation therapy

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1090-1096

  Desai, Gopal Rao ^a   Myerson, Robert J ^a   Higashikubo, Ryuji ^a   Birnbaum, Elisa ^a   Fleshman, James ^a   Fry, Robert ^a   Kodner, Ira ^a   Kucik, Nancy ^a   Lacey, David ^a   Ribeiro, Manuel ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular predictors; Flow cytometry; nuclear antigen; p53; Proliferating cell; Radiation therapy; Rectal Cancer

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; DNA; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PLOIDY; PREDICTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENCE RISK;

EID: 10144233448     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02081406     Document Type: Article

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