Primary and secondary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the larynx: A review

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 518-524

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Larynx; Prognosis; Small cell carcinoma; Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IRINOTECAN; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NOMENCLATURE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHWARTZ BARTTER SYNDROME; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 42549105848     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20797     Document Type: Review

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