Gastric micropapillary carcinoma: A distinct subtype with a significantly worse prognosis in TNM stages i and II

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-91

  Eom, Dae Woon ^a   Kang, Gil Hyun ^a   Han, Sang Hak ^a   Cheon, Gab Jin ^a   Han, Koon Hee ^a   Oh, Ho Suk ^a   Kim, Ji Hun ^a   Jang, Hyuk Jai ^a   Hong, Seung Mo ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; micropapillary carcinoma; prognosis; stomach; TNM stage

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CD44V6 ANTIGEN; CDH1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; IQ MOTIF CONTAINING GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH TUMOR; TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD44; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650886881     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181ff61e2     Document Type: Article

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