Synovial sarcoma of the stomach: A clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study of 10 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-281

  Makhlouf, Hala R ^a   Ahrens, Will ^c   Agarwal, Beamon ^b   Dow, Nancy ^a   Marshalleck, Josephine J ^b   Lee, Edward L ^b   Dotto, Jorge E ^d   Hui, Pei ^d   Sobin, Leslie H ^a   Oliveira, Andre ^c   Miettinen, Markku ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Epithelial membrane antigen; Polymerase chain reaction; Stomach; Synovial sarcoma; SYT SSX fusion

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD34 ANTIBODY; KERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38649125245     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31812e6a58     Document Type: Article

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