Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Actin expression, a new prognostic factor?

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1244-1250

  Ruiz Tovar, Jaime ^a   Diez Tabernilla, María ^a   Housari, Gada ^a   Martinez Molina, Enrique ^a   Sanjuanbenito, Alfonso ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUCOSA; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROPERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78651366266     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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