Tumor volume of colon carcinoma is related to the invasive pattern but not to the expression of cell adhesion proteins

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Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-211

  Hahn StrÖmberg, Victoria ^a,b   Edvardsson, Henrik ^c   Bodin, Lennart ^a,b   FranzeÉn, Lennart ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Colon carcinoma; Complexity index; Tumor growth; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CLAUDIN 2; OCCLUDIN; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 61349175837     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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