Lymphatic spread in squamous cell carcinoma of the penis is independent of elevated lymph vessel density

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1655-1659

  Naumann, Carsten Maik ^e,f   Al Najar, Amr ^f   Alkatout, Ibrahim ^a   Hegele, Axel ^b   Korda, Joanna Beate ^c   Bolenz, Christian ^d   Kalthoff, Holger ^e,f   Sipos, Bence ^a   Juenemann, Klaus Peter ^f   Van Der Horst, Christof ^f  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Lymphatic endothelium hyaluronan receptor; Lymphatic vessel density; LYVE 1; Penis; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; LYMPHATIC ENDOTHELIUM HYALURONAN RECEPTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PENIS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67149116634     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08365.x     Document Type: Article

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