The association of mast cell density with myometrial invasion in endometrial carcinoma: A preliminary report

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 255-258

  Cinel, Leyla ^a   Aban, Meral ^a   Basturk, Mine ^a   Ertunc, Devrim ^a   Arpaci, Rabia ^a   Dilek, Saffet ^a   Camdeviren, Handan ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C kit; Carcinoma; Endometrial carcinoma; Mast cell; Myometrial invasion

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MYOMETRIUM; PROGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL COUNT; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELLS; MYOMETRIUM;

EID: 61649107848     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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