The prognostic significance of isolated tumor cells in the lymph nodes of gastric cancer patients

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-196

  Fukagawa, Takeo ^a   Sasako, Mitsuru ^b   Ito, Seiji ^c   Nakanishi, Hayao ^c   Iinuma, Hisae ^d   Natsugoe, Shoji ^e   Katai, Hitoshi ^a   Shimoda, Tadakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Immunohistochemistry; ITC; Lymph node dissection; Lymph node metastases

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL ISOLATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE CELL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOR VOLUME;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957933127     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-010-0556-1     Document Type: Article

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