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Stromal micropapillary component as a novel unfavorable prognostic factor of lung adenocarcinoma.
Diagnostic pathology - 6 Jan 2012
Ohe Miki, Yokose Tomoyuki, Sakuma Yuji, Miyagi Yohei, Okamoto Naoyuki, Osanai Sachie, Hasegawa Chikako, Nakayama Haruhiko, Kameda Yoichi, Yamada Kouzo, Isobe Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary adenocarcinomas with a micropapillary component having small papillary tufts and lacking a central fibrovascular core are thought to result in poor prognosis. However, the component consists of tumor cells often floating within alveolar spaces (aerogenous micropapillary component [AMPC]) rather than invading fibrotic stroma observed in other organs like breast (stromal invasive...
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