Carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract with rearrangement of the nuclear protein of the testis (NUT) gene (NUT midline carcinomas)

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-96

  Stelow, Edward B ^a,c   French, Christopher A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal; Nuclear protein of the testis; NUT; NUT midline carcinoma; Sinonasal; t(15, 19); Undifferentiated carcinoma; Upper aerodigestive tract

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN P63;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TESTIS; TOBACCO; UPPER AERODIGESTIVE TRACT; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68649093235     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e31819923e4     Document Type: Review

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