Micropapillary pattern and grade of stromal invasion in pT1 adenocarcinoma of the lung: Usefulness as prognostic factors

Modern Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 514-521

  Kawakami, Takehito ^a   Nabeshima, Kazuki ^a   Makimoto, Yoshifumi ^a   Hamasaki, Makoto ^a   Iwasaki, Akinori ^a   Shirakusa, Takayuki ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung adenocarcinoma; Micropapillary pattern; Prognosis; pT1; Stromal invasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INVASION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROMA CELL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34247327036     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800765     Document Type: Article

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