Papillary squamous cell carcinoma, Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) of the penis: Clinicopathologic features, differential diagnosis, and outcome of 35 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-230

  Chaux, Alcides ^a   Soares, Fernando ^b   Rodríguez, Ingrid ^a   Barreto, José ^a   Lezcano, Cecilia ^a   Torres, José ^a   Velazquez, Elsa F ^c   Cubilla, Antonio L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PATOLOGÍA E INVESTIGACIÓN   (Paraguay)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

HPV; Papillary carcinoma; Penile cancer; Prognosis; Squamous cell carcinoma; Verruciform tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749156956     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181c7666e     Document Type: Article

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