Biological aggressiveness of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-positive gastric cancer

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 69, 2006, Pages 338-341

  Ishigami, Sumiya ^a   Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a   Tokuda, Koki ^a   Nakajo, Akihiro ^a   Okumura, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumoto, Masataka ^a   Nakashima, Saburo ^a   Hokita, Shuichi ^a   Aikou, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Gastric cancer; MIB 1; p53

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 33745467119     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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