Poorly differentiated clusters with larger extents have a greater impact on survival: A semi-quantitative pathological evaluation for 239 patients with non-mucinous pT2-3 colorectal carcinoma

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kinoshita, Osamu ^a   Kishimoto, Mitsuo ^a   Murayama, Yasutoshi ^a   Yasukawa, Satoru ^a   Konishi, Eiichi ^a   Otsuji, Eigo ^a   Yanagisawa, Akio ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Histological prognostic indicator; Poorly differentiated clusters; Semi quantitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR INVASION; CANCER GRADING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927932515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12957-015-0550-5     Document Type: Article

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