Perineural invasion in aggressive skin carcinomas of the head and neck: Potentially dangerous but frequently overlooked

ORL

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-26

  Cernea, Claudio R ^a,d   Ferraz, Alberto R ^a   De Castro, Inês V ^a   Sotto, Miriam N ^a   Logullo, Spacengela F ^b   Bacchi, Carlos E ^c   Plopper, Caio ^a   Wanderlei, Felipe ^b   De Carlucci Jr , Dorival ^a   Hojaij, Flávio C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Base of skull; Immunohistochemistry; Perineural invasion; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKULL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NERVE FIBERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; S100 PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKULL BASE;

EID: 54149083415     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000165171     Document Type: Article

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