Early-Stage Lung Adenocarcinomas With a Micropapillary Pattern, a Distinct Pathologic Marker for a Significantly Poor Prognosis

Miyoshi, Tatsu; Satoh, Yukitoshi; Okumura, Sakae; Nakagawa, Ken; Shirakusa, Takayuki; Tsuchiya, Eiju; Ishikawa, Yuichi

doi:10.1097/00000478-200301000-00011

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Early-Stage Lung Adenocarcinomas With a Micropapillary Pattern, a Distinct Pathologic Marker for a Significantly Poor Prognosis

Published in The American Journal of Surgical Pathology • Jan 1, 2003

Authors:

Tatsu Miyoshi

Yukitoshi Satoh

Sakae Okumura

Abstract

Adenocarcinomas with a micropapillary pattern (MPP), featuring small papillary tufts lacking a central fibrovascular core, are thought to have a poor prognosis. To examine whether the MPP is a predictor of prognosis, clinicopathologic characteristics of adenocarcinomas were analyzed with particular ...

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Stage (stratigraphy)

Medicine

Adenocarcinoma

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