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Clinicopathological evaluation of biological behavior of submucosal invasive gastric carcinomas: relationship among lymph node metastasis, mucin phenotype and proliferative activity.
The journal of medical investigation : JMI - 1 Feb 2007
Nakamoto Jiro, Torisu Ryusuke, Aoki Rika, Kimura Yoshitaka, Yasuda Mitsugi, Shiota Kunihiko, Yamamoto Yousuke, Ito Susumu
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BACKGROUND: Gastric carcinomas have been classified into the differentiated and undifferentiated type, on the basis of its tendency to gland formation. As a result of recent advances in mucin histochemistry, mucin phenotypes of gastric carcinomas have been investigated. However, no consensus on the evaluation of the grade of malignancy of early gastric carcinomas regarding mucin phenotype expression has...
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