Lymphatic vessel invasion detected by the D2-40 monoclonal antibody is an independent prognostic factor in node-negative esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-283

  Imamura, Yu ^a   Watanabe, Masayuki ^a   Nagai, Yohei ^a   Baba, Yoshifumi ^a,b   Hirashima, Kotaro ^a,b   Karashima, Ryuichi ^a   Iwatsuki, Masaaki ^a   Yoshida, Naoya ^a   Kinoshita, Koichi ^a   Kurashige, Junji ^a   Iyama, Ken Ichi ^b   Baba, Hideo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

esophageal cancer; lymph node metastasis; lymphangiogenesis; lymphatic vessel density; podoplanin

Indexed keywords

HEMATOXYLIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STAINING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; STAINING AND LABELING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856239109     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.22079     Document Type: Article

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