Significance of acellular mucin pools in rectal carcinoma after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Shia, Jinru ^a   McManus, Martine ^a   Guillem, Jose G ^a   Leibold, Tobias ^a   Zhou, Qin ^a   Tang, Laura H ^a   Riedel, Elyn R ^a   Weiser, Martin R ^a   Paty, Philip B ^a   Temple, Larissa K ^a   Nash, Garrett ^a   Kolosov, Konstantin ^a   Minsky, Bruce D ^a   Wong, W Douglas ^a   Klimstra, David S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

longcourse chemoradiation; neoadjuvant therapy; outcome; pathologic assessment; rectal adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM TUMOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650870240     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318200cf78     Document Type: Article

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