Desmoplasia measured by computer assisted image analysis: An independent prognostic marker in colorectal carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-38

  Sis, B ^b   Sarioglu, S ^a,b   Sokmen, S ^a   Sakar, M ^a   Kupelioglu, A ^b   Fuzun, M ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Dakuz Eylul Univ School of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMAGE ANALYSIS; DESMOPLASIA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; STAINING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSELS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 11244304302     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.018705     Document Type: Article

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