Lymphatic invasion according to D2-40 immunostaining is a strong predictor of nodal metastasis in superficial squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Algorithm for risk of nodal metastasis based on lymphatic invasion

Pathology International

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 282-287

  Tomita, Natsumi ^a   Matsumoto, Toshiharu ^a   Hayashi, Takuo ^a   Arakawa, Atsushi ^a   Sonoue, Hiroshi ^a   Kajiyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Tsurumaru, Masahiko ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algorithm; D2 40 immunostaining; Esophagus; Lymphatic invasion; Nodal metastasis; Superficial squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 42549165601     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02224.x     Document Type: Article

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