Signet-ring cell carcinoma of colorectum - Current perspectives and molecular biology

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-133

  Gopalan, Vinod ^a   Smith, Robert Anthony ^a   Ho, Yik Hong ^b   Lam, Alfred King Yin ^a,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal; Molecular biology; Signet ring cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; BETA CATENIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; K RAS PROTEIN; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DNA METHYLATION; GASTRIC ULCER BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MEDLINE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 79951727097     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-010-1037-z     Document Type: Review

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