Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas: Is the absence of neuroendocrine component related to a more malignant behavior?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 82-83, 2008, Pages 708-710

  Machado, Marcel Cerqueira C ^a   Machado, Marcel Autran C ^a,c   Perini, Marcos V ^a   Herman, Paulo ^a   Jukemura, José ^a   Leite, Kátia R ^b   Bacchella, Telesforo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acinar cell carcinoma; Immunohistochemical study; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44349145053     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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