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Ampullary Cancer
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital describe findings in ampullary cancer
June 16th, 2009
According to a study from Tokyo, Japan, "As ampullary carcinoma originates from four anatomical regions, it may have different behaviors depending on its origin. We documented the presence of endocrine cells found in ampullary carcinoma, and we studied the clinicopathological implications of their presence." "We immunohistochemically examined the presence of an endocrine component in 62 surgically resected specimens of ampullary carcinoma, and we studied the clinicopathological differences between endocrine component-positive cases and endocrine component-negative cases. Endocrine cells were detected in 16 cases (26%); 11 cases had many endocrine cells, and five cases...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-16)
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