Biomarker-assisted diagnosis of ovarian, cervical and pulmonary small cell carcinomas: The role of TTF-1, WT-1 and HPV analysis

Histopathology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-312

  Carlson, J W ^a   Nucci, M R ^a   Brodsky, J ^a   Crum, C P ^a   Hirsch, M S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; cKIT; HPV; Hypercalcaemic; Lung; OCT3 4; Ovary; p16; Small cell carcinoma; TTF 1; WT 1

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN P16; STEM CELL FACTOR; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TUMOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WILM TUMOR 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WT1 PROTEINS;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 34548128430     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02790.x     Document Type: Article

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