Significance of isolated tumor cells in lymph nodes among gastric cancer patients

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 733-740

  Horstmann, Olaf ^a   Füzesi, Laszlo ^a   Markus, Peter M ^a   Werner, Carola ^a   Becker, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Isolated tumor cell; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY BER EP4; PARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD30; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 12444322045     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-004-0609-0     Document Type: Article

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