Elastica staining for venous invasion results in superior prediction of cancer-specific survival in colorectal cancer

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 989-997

  Roxburgh, Campbell S D ^a   McMillan, Donald C ^a   Anderson, John H ^a   McKee, Ruth F ^a   Horgan, Paul G ^a   Foulis, Alan K ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STAINING; VEIN;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RUBBER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VEINS;

EID: 78650160657     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f1c60d     Document Type: Article

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