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Histologic heterogeneity and mucin phenotypic expression in early gastric cancer.
Pathology international - 1 Mar 2001
Saito A, Shimoda T, Nakanishi Y, Ochiai A, Toda G
Abstract excerpt
Although the major histologic type in small gastric cancers, less than 10 mm in diameter, is differentiated-type adenocarcinoma (D.Ca), the incidence of D.Ca and that of undifferentiated-type adenocarcinoma (UD.Ca) is almost the same in all early gastric cancers. Histologic conversion from D.Ca to UD.Ca has been speculated, however, a detailed examination of this phenomenon has not yet been performed....
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