Stereologic estimation of the total numbers, the composition and the anatomic distribution of lymphocytes in cone biopsies from patients with stage I squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix uteri

APMIS

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1321-1330

  Nedergaard, Bettina S ^a   Nielsen, Karsten ^a   Nyengaard, Jens Randel ^b   Ladekarl, Morten ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cervix carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Morphometry; Stereology; Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TISSUE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEREOLOGY; STROMA; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ANTIGENS, CD; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL COUNT; CONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; NEOPLASM STAGING; SOFTWARE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37549018918     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0643.2007.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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