Poorly differentiated clusters (PDCs) as a novel histological predictor of nodal metastases in pT1 colorectal cancer

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 464, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 655-662

  Barresi, Valeria ^a   Branca, Giovanni ^a   Ieni, Antonio ^a   Reggiani Bonetti, Luca ^b   Baron, Luigi ^c   Mondello, Stefania ^a   Tuccari, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c LEONARDO S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymph node; Poorly differentiated clusters; pT1; Submucosal invasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84902329015     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-014-1580-z     Document Type: Article

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