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Ectopic Gastric and Intestinal Phenotypes, Neuroendocrine Cell Differentiation, and SOX2 Expression Correlated With Early Tumor Progression in Colorectal Laterally Spreading Tumors.
Clinical colorectal cancer - 1 Jun 2017
Katano Takahito, Mizoshita Tsutomu, Tsukamoto Hironobu, Nishie Hirotada, Inagaki Yusuke, Hayashi Noriyuki, Nomura Satoshi, Ozeki Keiji, Okamoto Yasuyuki, Shimura Takaya, Mori Yoshinori, Kubota Eiji, Tanida Satoshi, Kataoka Hiromi, Kuno Toshiya, Takahashi Satoru, Joh Takashi
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INTRODUCTION: The significance of the ectopic gastric phenotype remains unclear in patients with colorectal laterally spreading tumors (LSTs). We investigated clinicopathologic differences among LST subtypes, aiming to identify factors indicative of malignant transformation and invasion that are linked to ectopic gastric phenotype and tumor progression. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed the morphologic...
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