Open AccessAssessment of vascular invasion in gastric cancer: A comparative study
Author(s) -
Letícia Trivellato Gresta,
Ismael Alves Rodrigues-Júnior,
Lúcia Porto Fonseca de Castro,
Geovanni Dantas Cassali,
Mônica Maria Demas Álvares Cabral
Publication year - 2013
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.v19.i24.3761
Subject(s) - pathology , lymphovascular invasion , immunohistochemistry , mcnemar's test , medicine , h&e stain , cancer , lymph node , metastasis , stomach cancer , statistics , mathematics
To evaluate and compare detection of lymphatic and blood vessel invasion (LVI and BVI) by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in gastric cancer specimens, and to correlate with lymph node status.