Current potential and limitations of molecular diagnostic methods in head and neck cancer

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 851-860

  Mahfouz, Magdy E ^a   Rodrigo, Juan P ^b   Takes, Robert P ^c   Elsheikh, Mohamed N ^d   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^e   Brakenhoff, Ruud H ^f   Ferlito, Alfio ^e  

^a KAFRELSHEIKH UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Molecular diagnostic techniques; Molecular markers; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 20; DESMOGLEIN 3; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; K RAS PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROMETASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955096304     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-1177-3     Document Type: Review

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