The histopathologic spectrum of carcinomas involving the gastroesophageal junction in the Chinese

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-52

  Huang, Qin ^a,b,c   Zhang, Li Hua ^c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE AFFILIATED DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Esophagus; Gastric cardia; Gastroesophageal junction

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER CELL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLOID CARCINOMA; DYSPLASIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; METAPLASIA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; ONCOCYTIC CARCINOMA; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CHINA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845353522     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896906295998     Document Type: Article

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