Detail histologic analysis of nerve plexus invasion in invasive ductal carcinoma of the pancreas and its prognostic impact

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1636-1644

  Mitsunaga, Shuichi ^a   Hasebe, Takahiro ^a   Kinoshita, Taira ^a   Konishi, Masaru ^a   Takahashi, Shinichiro ^a   Gotohda, Naoto ^a   Nakagohri, Toshio ^a   Ochiai, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nerve bundle; Nerve plexus invasion; Neural invasion; Pancreatic cancer; Perineural space; Perineurium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE PLEXUS; PANCREAS CANCER; PERINEURIUM; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR NECROSIS;

AGED; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NERVE FIBERS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349121377     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318065bfe6     Document Type: Article

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