Histologic coagulative tumour necrosis as a prognostic indicator of aggressiveness in renal, lung, thyroid and colorectal carcinomas: A brief review

Oncology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-18

  Caruso, Rosario ^a   Parisi, Antonino ^a   Bonanno, Anna ^a   Paparo, Domenica ^a   Emilia, Quattrocchi ^a   Branca, Giovanni ^a   Scardigno, Marco ^a   Fedele, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Prognosis; Tumour necrosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 84855218323     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2011.420     Document Type: Article

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