Assessment of Colorectal Cancer Prognosis Through Nuclear Morphometry

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-348

  Eynard, Hector G ^a   Soria, Elio A ^b   Cuestas, Eduardo ^a   Rovasio, Roberto A ^c   Eynard, Aldo R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL PRIVADO   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

clinical evolution; colorectal cancer; histopathology; image analysis; nuclear morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERPHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67349247055     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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