Mixed embryonal/alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the prostate: Report of a case with molecular genetic studies and literature review

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 383-389

  Treetipsatit, Jitsupa ^a   Kittikowit, Wipawee ^a   Zielenska, Maria ^b   Chaipipat, Mookda ^a   Thorner, Paul Scott ^a,b   Shuangshoti, Shanop ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma; PAX3 FKHR fusion; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MYOGENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED TUMOR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL;

EID: 70350702801     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/08-08-0518.1     Document Type: Article

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