Unclassified mucin phenotype of gastric adenocarcinoma exhibits the highest invasiveness

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 658-666

  Han, Hye S ^a   Lee, Sun Young ^a   Lee, Kyung Y ^a   Hong, Sung N ^a   Kim, Jeong H ^a   Sung, In Kyung ^a   Park, Hyung S ^a   Jin, Choon J ^a   Min, Young I ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Gastric cancer; Invasion; Mucin; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; GENOMIC DNA; MUCIN; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 63849153859     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05670.x     Document Type: Article

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