Phagocytosis(cannibalism) of apoptotic neutrophils by tumor cells in gastric micropapillary carcinomas

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-12-22
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AIM:Toidentifythosewithamicropapillarypattern,ascertainrelativefrequencyanddocumentclinicopathologicalcharacteristicsbyreviewinggastriccarcinomas.METHODS:Onehundredandfifty-onepatientsdiagnosedwithgastriccancerwhounderwentgastrectomywereretrospectivelystudiedandthepresenceofaregionalinvasivemicropapillarycomponentwasevaluatedbylightmicroscopy.Allavailablehematoxylin-eosin(HE)-stainedslideswerehistologicallyreviewedand5tumorswereselectedasp...