Nature

Mesenchymal Tumors of Muscularis Mucosae of Colon and Rectum are Benign Leiomyomas that Should be Separated from Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors—A Clinicopathologic and ...

Most mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are currently classified as specific gastrointestinal stromal tumors. However, true leiomyomas are more common in the esophagus, and they have ...
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Smoothelin as a marker of muscularis propria in biopsies of colorectal carcinomas.

Optimal combination therapy for advanced colorectal cancer: An examination of synergy and antagonism with EGFR inhibition. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

The Nature of Benign Strictures in Ulcerative Colitis

In a series of 19 examples of benign stricture of the colon in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis insufficient fibrosis was found in the resected specimens to account for the narrowing.
Nature

Differential expression of immunohistochemical markers in bladder smooth muscle and myofibroblasts, and the potential utility of desmin, smoothelin, and vimentin in staging of ...

Carcinoma of the urinary bladder is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States where it is likely that more than 51 000 new cases were diagnosed in 2008. Of these, ...