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The clinical meaning of mucin phenotype and Epstein-Barr virus infection in gastric cancer.
Hepato-gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2000
Nakamura Youhei, Yanai Hideo, Kitoh Tomoko, Matsubara Yoshitaka, Hirano Atsuyoshi, Okamoto Takeshi, Yoshida Tomoharu, Nishikawa Jun, Okita Kiwamu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Differentiated type adenocarcinomas producing gastric type mucin are receiving much attention because of their degree of clinical malignancy. Most Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated gastric cancers are undifferentiated type, and correlate with gastric type mucin. We analyzed the clinical meaning of mucin phenotypes and the detection of EBV in gastric cancers. METHODOLOGY: The objects of study...
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