Quantitative investigation of desmoplasia as a prognostic indicator in colorectal cancer

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-109

  Caporale, Alessandro ^a   Bonapasta, Stefano Amore ^a   Scarpini, Massimo ^a   Ciardi, Antonio ^a   Vestri, Annarita ^a   Ruperto, Mariangela ^a   Giuliani, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barrier; Colorectal cancer; Desmoplasia; Prognosis; Quantitative method; Stroma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DESMOPLASIA; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE GROWTH; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FIBROSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952869987     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: 15210553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08941930903469417     Document Type: Article

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