Decreased E-cadherin expression is associated with haematogenous recurrence and poor prognosis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1608-1614

  Tamura, S ^a   Shiozaki, H ^a   Miyata, M ^a   Kadowaki, T ^a   Inoue, M ^a   Matsui, S ^a   Iwazawa, T ^a   Takayama, T ^a   Takeichi, M ^b   Monden, M ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 10344248952     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800831138     Document Type: Article

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