Gastric medullary carcinoma, a distinct entity associated with microsatellite instability-H, prominent intraepithelial lymphocytes and improved prognosis

Histopathology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 485-492

  Lu B J ^a   Lai, Maode ^b   Cheng, L ^b   Xu, J Y ^a   Huang, Q ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Bat26; Gastric tumour; Medullary cancer; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 8744259054     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2004.01998.x     Document Type: Article

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