Autopsy findings in 14 patients with penile squamous cell carcinoma

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-169

  Chaux, Alcides ^a   Reuter, Victor ^b   Lezcano, Cecilia ^a   Velazquez, Elsa ^c   Codas, Ricardo ^a   Cubilla, Antonio L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

autopsy; penile cancer; prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART METASTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY; PENILE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PENIS CANCER; PLEURA METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; SKIN METASTASIS; SPLEEN; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; URETHRA; PENIS TUMOR; PRECANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AUTOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 79953870640     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896909333781     Document Type: Article

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