Lymphocyte infiltration and prognosis in colorectal cancer

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 840-841

  Kloor, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; METASTASIS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ANTIGENS, CD3; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 69149102394     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70245-1     Document Type: Letter

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