Prognostic value of micrometastases in esophageal and colorectal carcinoma (a clinical experience)

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 58, 2004, Pages 964-967

  Laso, Carlos A ^a,c   González, Juan J ^a   Fresno, Florentino ^b   Azcano, Enedina ^a   Sanz, Lourdes ^a   Navarrete, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Esophageal cancer; Micrometastases

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042608276     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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