Article
Cancers of the papilla of vater: mutator phenotype is associated with good prognosis.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Oct 1997
Achille A, Biasi M O, Zamboni G, Bogina G, Iacono C, Talamini G, Capella G, Scarpa A
Abstract excerpt
Cancer of the papilla (ampulla) of Vater is an uncommon disease that kills 60% of affected patients. There is general agreement that local spread of the tumor (T stage) is the only significant and independent prognostic factor for this cancer, whereas the predictive value of tumor grade and lymph...
Topics
- Actuarial Analysis
- Adenoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Ampulla of Vater
- Carcinoma
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Common Bile Duct Neoplasms
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Endometrial Neoplasms
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Middle Aged