Histologic identification of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related squamous cell carcinoma in cervical lymph nodes: A reliable predictor of the site of an occult head and neck primary carcinoma

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-168

  El Mofty, Samir K ^a   Zhang, Megan Q ^b   Davila, Rosa M ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HPV; ISH; Nonkeratinizing squamous cell carcinoma; Occult head and neck carcinoma; Oropharynx; p16

Indexed keywords

P16 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349219042     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-008-0066-1     Document Type: Article

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