Shape is not associated with the origin of pericolonic tumor deposits

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 388-394

  Wünsch, Katharina ^a   Müller, Jenny ^a   Jähnig, Hendrik ^a   Herrmann, Robert A ^a   Arnholdt, Hans M ^a   Märkl, Bruno ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Staging; Tumor deposits

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE SHEATH; PERICOLONIC TUMOR DEPOSIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 77949394256     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPAWOLX7ADZQ2K     Document Type: Article

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