Combined small cell lung carcinomas : Genotypic and immunophenotypic analysis of the separate morphologic components

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 376-382

  Wagner, Patrick L ^a   Kitabayashi, Naoki ^a   Yao Tseng, Chen ^a   Saqi, Anjali ^b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined small cell lung carcinoma; Genotype; Immunophenotype; Lung cancer; Morphologic studies; Neuroendocrine; Non small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTEIN BCL 2; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 3P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINED SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MARKER GENE; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; TUMOR VOLUME; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD56; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 62449138275     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPYNPFL56POZQY     Document Type: Article

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