Is malignant dedifferentiation for mucinous appendiceal neoplasms a valid phenomenon or merely histopathologic ambiguity?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 906-

  Raghav, Kanwal P S ^a   Taggart, Melissa W ^a   Fournier, Keith F ^a   Overman, Michael J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; APPENDIX TUMOR; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MUCINOUS APPENDIX NEOPLASM; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI;

EID: 79955572012     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.02.002     Document Type: Letter

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