Immunohistochemical demonstration of proliferating lymphatic vessels in colorectal carcinoma and its clinicopathological significance

Cancer Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 167-172

  Omachi, Toshiya ^a,b   Kawai, Yoshiko ^b   Mizuno, Risuke ^b   Nomiyama, Tetsuo ^b   Miyagawa, Shinichi ^b   Ohhashi, Toshio ^b   Nakayama, Jun ^a,b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphangiogenesis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PODOPLANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845611139     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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