Fractal analysis of surface growth patterns in endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-67

  Kikuchi, Akihiko ^a   Kozuma, Shiro ^b   Yasugi, Toshiharu ^b   Taketani, Yuji ^b  

^a NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma; FIGO stage; Fractal analysis; Histologic grade; Tumor growth; Tumor surface

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 4344660050     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077950     Document Type: Article

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