Terminology and classification of neuroendocrine neoplasms of the larynx

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1187-1193

  Lewis Jr , James S ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^b   Gnepp, Douglas R ^c   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b   Devaney, Kenneth O ^d   Silver, Carl E ^e   Travis, William D ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Allegiance Health ^*  (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Larynx; Neuroendocrine neoplasms; Neuroendocrine tumors; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CHEMODECTOMA; DISTANT METASTASIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDLINE; MITOSIS RATE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK DISSECTION; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NOMENCLATURE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PARAGANGLIOMA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79958267027     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21790     Document Type: Review

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