Pathologic Features of Renal Cortical Tumors

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 551-561

  Tickoo, Satish K ^a   Gopalan, Anuradha ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Morphologic features; Oncocytoma; Pathology; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE IX; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLYCOGEN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; LIPID; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN;

ACINAR CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENICITY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOPHOBE RENAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLECTING DUCT CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYSTADENOMA; FAMILIAL CANCER; FIBROMA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY ADENOMA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; KIDNEY SARCOMA; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; METANEPHRIC ADENOFIBROMA; METANEPHRIC ADENOMA; MORPHOLOGY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; MULTIOCULAR CYSTIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ONCOCYTOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL ONCOCYTOMA; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUBULOCYSTIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADENOMA, CHROMOPHOBE; ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; NEOPLASM STAGING; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 55049103677     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2008.07.001     Document Type: Review

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