Classification of pleomorphic sarcomas: Where are we now?

Histopathology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-62

  Tos, A P Dei ^a  

^a Hospital of Treviso   (Italy)

Author keywords

MFH; Pleomorphic sarcoma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHONDROSARCOMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FIBROSARCOMA; FIBROXANTHOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESENCHYME CELL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645081483     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02289.x     Document Type: Review

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