Primary angiosarcomas of the anterior mediastinum: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 9 cases

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1711-1717

  Weissferdt, Annikka ^a   Kalhor, Neda ^a   Suster, Saul ^b   Moran, Cesar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Anterior mediastinum; Immunohistochemistry; Thymus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MITOSIS RATE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX PAIN; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78449298151     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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