Oral leiomyosarcoma: Review of the literature and report of two cases with assessment of the prognostic and diagnostic significance of immunohistochemical and molecular markers

Oral Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-208

  Nikitakis, Nikolaos G ^a   Lopes, Marcio A ^b   Bailey, Jonathan S ^a   Blanchaert Jr , Remy H ^a   Ord, Robert A ^a   Sauk, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bcl 2; CDK4; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyosarcoma; MDM2; Oral; p53; PCNA; Real time quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUTH CAVITY; OSSIFYING FIBROMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELIABILITY; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036174744     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(01)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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