Paraneoplastic thrombocytosis is associated with increased mortality and increased rate of lymph node metastasis in oesophageal adenocarcinoma

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
4761042	Pathology	2017	5 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Paraneoplastic thrombocytosis is associated with increased rate of lymph node metastasis and mortality in oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Further studies are needed to examine the mechanisms behind this phenomenon.

Keywords

Oesophageal adenocarcinoma Platelet count Lymph node metastasis Mortality

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Paraneoplastic thrombocytosis is associated with increased mortality and increased rate of lymph node metastasis in oesophageal adenocarcinoma

Authors

Agoston T. Agoston, Amitabh Srivastava, Yifan Zheng, Raphael Bueno, Robert D. Odze, Zoltan Szallasi,