Small cell carcinoma of the bladder: A contemporary clinicopathological study of 51 cases

Histopathology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-63

  Abrahams, N A ^a,b   Moran, C ^a   Reyes, A O ^a   Siefker Radtke, A ^a   Ayala, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Chromogranin; EGFR; Immunohistochemistry; Small cell carcinoma; Tumours

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHROMOGRANINS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13244276363     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2004.01980.x     Document Type: Article

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