Evaluation of HER-2/neu (c-erbB-2) oncogene expression in whole organ sections of supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 275-279

  Weinstein, Gregory S ^a   Tucker, John ^b   Nuamah, Isaac F ^a   Montone, Kathleen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

c erbB 2; distant metastases; HER 2 neu; larynx cancer; lymph node metastases; oncogene; squamous cell carcinoma; supraglottic larynx cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; ONCOGENE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029876611     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610500406     Document Type: Article

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