Extranodal connective tissue invasion and the expression of desmosomal glycoprotein 1 in squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 892-897

  Natsugoe, S ^a   Mueller, J ^a   Kijima, F ^a   Aridome, K ^a   Shimada, M ^a   Shirao, K ^a   Kusano, C ^a   Baba, M ^a   Yoshinaka, H ^a   Fukumoto, T ^a   Aikou, T ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecule; Desmosomal protein; Extranodal connective tissue invasion; Lymph node metastasis; Oesophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 8044229044     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.157     Document Type: Article

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