Carcinosarcoma of the colon: report of a case with morphological, ultrastructural and molecular analysis.

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Published in BMC Cancer on July 12, 2006

Authors

Andrea Ambrosini-Spaltro1, Valentina Vaira, Paola Braidotti, Marco P L Rovati, Stefano Ferrero, Silvano Bosari

Author Affiliations

1: Pathology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, A.O. San Paolo, via di Rudinì 8, 20142 Milan, Italy. andreaambrosini@yahoo.it

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