Morphometric evaluation of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region is useful in predicting long-term survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 110-114

  Antonangelo, Leila ^a   Del Carlo Bernardi, Fabiola ^a   Capelozzi, Vera Luiza ^a,c   Takagaki, Tereza Yae ^a   Younes, Riad Naim ^b   Yagi, Neide ^a   Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

long term survival; morphometry; nucleolar organizer region; squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 8044259004     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.1.110     Document Type: Article

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