Clinical significance of immunohistochemically detected lymph node micrometastasis in patients with histologically node-negative esophageal carcinoma: A multi-institutional study

Esophagus

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Shiozaki, Hitoshi ^a,b   Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hirai, Toshihiro ^a   Matsubara, Hisahiro ^a   Mori, Masaki ^a   Nakamura, Tsutomu ^a   Nakanishi, Yukihiro ^a   Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Noguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ozawa, Soji ^a   Shimada, Yutaka ^a   Udagawa, Seiji ^a   Yamana, Hideaki ^a   Yano, Masahiko ^a   Yasuda, Takushi ^a   Yanagisawa, Akio ^a  

^a Osaka University   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Lymph node; Micrometastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33947533350     PISSN: 16129059     EISSN: 16129067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10388-006-0098-0     Document Type: Article

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