Elastic laminal invasion in colon cancer: diagnostic utility and histological features

ABSTRACT: Primary tumors of the colorectal cancers are assessed pathologically based on the tumor spread into the bowel wall. The assessment of serosal involvement, which may be relevant to pT4, can be challenging for pathologists, making the consistency of diagnoses questionable. As solutions to th...

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Main Authors: Motohiro eKojima, Mitsuru eYokota, Norio eSaito, Shogo eNomura, Atsushi eOchiai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2012.00179/full