Esophageal composite carcinoma with tripartite differentiation: Clinicopathological analysis of three cases

Esophagus

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-96

  Tanabe, Tadashi ^a   Nishimaki, Tadashi ^b   Kanda, Tatsuo ^a   Nakagawa, Satoru ^a   Ohashi, Manabu ^a   Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal composite carcinoma; Neuroendocrine differentiation; Serum NSE levels

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTAFFIN CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ASSAY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 21244490879     PISSN: 16129059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10388-005-0039-3     Document Type: Article

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