The use of an immunohistochemical diagnostic panel to determine the primary site of cervical lymph node metastases of occult squamous cell carcinoma

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 431-437

  Park, Jung Mee ^a   Jung, Chan Kwon ^a   Choi, Yeong Jin ^a   Lee, Kyo Young ^a   Kang, Jin Hyoung ^a   Kim, Min Sik ^a   Hu, Hae Jin ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, squamous cell; Immunohistochemistry; Keratins; Neoplasms, unknown primary; p16INK4A protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 13; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 8; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN PRB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHARYNX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; OCCULT CANCER; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 75949110076     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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