Open AccessRelationship between preoperative staging by endoscopic ultrasonography and MMP-9 expression in gastric carcinoma
Author(s) -
T. T. Sheng,
Junyu Wang,
Lei Shen,
Hao Luo,
Zhi-Xiang Shen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v13.i14.2108
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , metastasis , stage (stratigraphy) , endoscopic ultrasonography , immunohistochemistry , lymphovascular invasion , cancer staging , lymphatic system , carcinoma , pathology , gastroenterology , gastric carcinoma , oncology , endoscopy , biology , paleontology
To investigate the relationship between the staging by endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and the expression of carcinoma metastasis associated gene in the patients with gastric carcinoma.