Histologic grade and perineural invasion are more important than tumor thickness as predictor of nodal metastasis in penile squamous cell carcinoma invading 5 to 10 mm

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 974-979

  Velazquez, Elsa F ^a   Ayala, Gustavo ^b   Liu, Hao ^b   Chaux, Alcides ^c   Zanotti, Magali ^c   Torres, Jose ^c   Cho, Soung I ^c   Barreto, Jose E ^c   Soares, Fernando ^d   Cubilla, Antonio L ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^d A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Histologic grade; Metastasis; Penile; Perineural invasion; Squamous cell carcinoma; Thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PENIS AMPUTATION; PENIS CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TARLOV CYST; TUMOR VOLUME; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PENIS TUMOR; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47249144788     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181641365     Document Type: Article

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