Urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: Inverted growth pattern is predictive of microsatellite instability

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 222-227

  Hartmann, Arndt ^b   Dietmaier, Wolfgang ^b   Hofstädter, Ferdinand ^b   Burgart, Lawrence J ^b   Cheville, John C ^b   Blaszyk, Hagen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome; Inverted urothelial carcinoma; Microsatellite instability; Upper urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOPHYTE; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

EID: 0037346813     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2003.22     Document Type: Article

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