Role of the pathologist in the diagnosis of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer

Disease Markers

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 215-224

  Jass, Jeremy R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

diagnosis; HNPCC; pathology; tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGIST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

EID: 12844251981     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/197484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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