The presence of a micropapillary component predicts aggressive behaviour in early and advanced gastric adenocarcinomas

Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 560-563

  Lee, Ju Han ^a   Kim, Jong Han ^a   Choi, Jung Woo ^a   Kim, Young Sik ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastric adenocarcinoma; Metastasis; Micropapillary component; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956944028     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00313025.2010.508790     Document Type: Article

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