Appendiceal mucinous neoplasms: Clinicopathologic study of 116 cases with analysis of factors predicting recurrence

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1425-1439

  Pai, Reetesh K ^a   Beck, Andrew H ^a   Norton, Jeffrey A ^b   Longacre, Teri A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendiceal adenoma; Appendix; Disseminated peritoneal adenomucinosis; Mucinous adenocarcinoma; Mucinous adenoma; Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DEATH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PERITONEUM; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349666760     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181af6067     Document Type: Article

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