Invasive colorectal micropapillary carcinoma: an aggressive variant of adenocarcinoma

Human Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 809-815

  Kim, Mi Jung ^a   Hong, Seung Mo ^b   Jang, Se J ^a   Yu, Eunsil ^a   Kim, Jung Sun ^a   Kim, Kyu Rae ^a   Gong, Gyungyub ^a   Ro, Jae Y ^c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectum; Immunohistochemistry; Micropapillary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE INTESTINE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745130001     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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