Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the esophagus: A case report with immunohistochemical and molecular genetic analyses of KIT and PDGFRA

Medical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 509-512

  Terada, Tadashi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CITY SHIMIZU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophagus; KIT; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; PDGFRA

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PROTEIN KIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960311717     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-010-9499-y     Document Type: Article

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