Carcinosarcoma of the colon: Report of a case with morphological, ultrastructural and molecular analysis

BMC Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ambrosini Spaltro, Andrea ^a,b   Vaira, Valentina ^a,b   Braidotti, Paola ^a,b   Rovati, Marco P L ^b   Ferrero, Stefano ^a,b   Bosari, Silvano ^a,b  

^a Pathology Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53; STEM CELL FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMICOLECTOMY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOSARCOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GENES, P53; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33748981357     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-6-185     Document Type: Article

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