Expression of liver-intestine cadherin and its correlation with lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer: Can it predict N stage preoperatively?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-99

  Park, Sung Soo ^a   Kang, Sang Hee ^a   Park, Joong Min ^a   Kim, Jong Han ^a   Oh, Sang Cheul ^a   Lee, Ju Han ^a   Chae, Yang Seok ^a   Kim, Seung Joo ^a   Kim, Chong Suk ^a   Mok, Young Jae ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Immunohistochemisty; Liver intestine cadherin; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; LIVER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH;

CADHERINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845652296     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9114-9     Document Type: Article

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