Micropapillary Pattern and Poorly Differentiated Clusters Represent the Same Biological Phenomenon in Colorectal Cancer: A Proposal for a Change in Terminology

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 375-383

  Barresi, Valeria ^a   Branca, Giovanni ^a   Vitarelli, Enrica ^a   Tuccari, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; E cadherin; Micropapillary; MUC1; Poorly differentiated clusters; Tumor budding

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 1; UVOMORULIN; CADHERIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VERY ELDERLY; ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; E-CADHERIN; METABOLISM; MICROPAPILLARY; PATHOLOGY; POORLY DIFFERENTIATED CLUSTERS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR BUDDING;

COLORECTAL CANCER; E-CADHERIN; MICROPAPILLARY; MUC1; POORLY DIFFERENTIATED CLUSTERS; TUMOR BUDDING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADHERINS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-1; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84907171211     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPFEA7KA0SBBNA     Document Type: Article

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