Microsatellite instability and high content of activated cytotoxic lymphocytes identify colon cancer patients with a favorable prognosis

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 297-304

  Guidoboni, Massimo ^a   Gafà, Roberta ^b   Viel, Alessandra ^a   Doglioni, Claudio ^d   Russo, Antonio ^e   Santini, Alessandra ^c   Del Tin, Laura ^a   Macrì, Ettore ^d   Lanza, Giovanni ^b   Boiocchi, Mauro ^a   Dolcetti, Riccardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d City Hospital   (Italy)

^e CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLON TUMOR; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 5544242524     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)61695-1     Document Type: Article

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