Prognostic significance of occult lymph node micrometastasis in gastric cancer: a histochemical and immunohistochemical study based on 1997 UICC TNM and 1998 JGCA classifications Significância prognóstica das micrometástases ocultas em linfonodos no câncer gástrico: estudo histoquímico e imunoistoquímico baseado nas classificações UICC TNM de 1997 e JCGCA de 1998
BACKGROUND: Micrometastasis is a single or a cluster of malignant cells inside the lymph node that are not detected by routine histopathological sections. Micrometastasis is related to poorer prognosis in many gastric cancer studies the real significance of these cells is still controversial. AIM: T...
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Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva
2008-12-01
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Series: | ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-67202008000400003 |