Impact of lymph node micrometastasis in hilar bile duct carcinoma patients

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2549-2555

  Taniguchi, Kentaro ^a   Iida, Taku ^a   Hori, Tomohide ^a   Yagi, Shintaro ^a   Imai, Hiroshi ^a   Shiraishi, Taizo ^a   Uemoto, Shinji ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hilar bile duct carcinoma; Lymph node metastasis; Micrometastasis; Vascular endothelial growth factor C

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; VASCULOTROPIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646452135     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i16.2549     Document Type: Article

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