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Prognostic value of mitotic metaphase rate in oesophageal cancer.
The European journal of surgery = Acta chirurgica - 1 Aug 2000
Yasunaga M, Tabira Y, Imaoka S, Kitamura N
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prognostic value of the mitotic metaphase rate in patients with oesophageal cancer. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: University hospital, Japan. SUBJECTS: 41 patients with oesophageal cancer. INTERVENTIONS: We calculated the ratio of mitotic metaphase to anaphase cells among tumour cells in sections stained with haematoxylin and eosin, a ratio that shows the status of mitotic...
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