Chromosomal instability is more frequent in metastasized than in non-metastasized pulmonary carcinoids but is not a reliable predictor of metastatic potential

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 349-353

  Warth, Arne ^a   Herpel, Esther ^a   Krysa, Sabine ^b   Hoffmann, Hans ^b   Schnabel, Philipp A ^a   Schirmacher, Peter ^a   Mechtersheimer, Gunhild ^a   Bläker, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Carcinoid tumor; Comparative genomic hybridization; Lung neoplasms; Microsatellite instability; Neoplasm metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY;

EID: 66749148224     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3858/emm.2009.41.5.039     Document Type: Article

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