Thyroid transcription factor-1 is highly sensitive and specific in differentiating metastatic pulmonary from extrapulmonary adenocarcinoma in effusion fluid cytology specimens: A study of 36 cases

Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-48

  Ng, W K ^a   Chow, Janson C Y ^a   Ng, Peter K H ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Cytology; Effusion; Thyroid transcription factor 1

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EFFUSION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; THYROID CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; ASCITES; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037170160     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10310     Document Type: Article

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