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Histological phenotype is correlated with the wall-invasion pattern of gallbladder adenocarcinoma.
Biomedical research (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2014
Toba Takahito, Kijima Hiroshi, Hakamada Kenichi, Igarashi Yoshinori
Abstract excerpt
Gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is one of the most aggressive malignancies, and frequently shows vascular invasion and lymph node metastasis. Our previous study has classified the wall-invasion pattern of GBC into two groups, i.e., infiltrative growth type (IG type) and destructive growth type (DG type). The DG type was significantly associated with poor clinical outcome. In this study, we analyzed the relationship...
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