Sinonasal carcinomas: Recent advances in molecular and phenotypic characterization and their clinical implications

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-277

  Franchi, Alessandro ^a   Miligi, Lucia ^b   Palomba, Annarita ^a   Giovannetti, Lucia ^b   Santucci, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Carcinoma; Molecular markers; Nasal cavity; Paranasal sinuses

Indexed keywords

K RAS PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN IN TESTIS; PROTEIN P53; TRASTUZUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUST EXPOSURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; H RAS GENE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; K RAS GENE; LEATHER INDUSTRY; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; N RAS GENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOGENE; PARANASAL SINUS CARCINOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POORLY DIFFERENTIATED PARANASAL SINUS CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SHOE INDUSTRY; SINONASAL METASTASIS; SMOKING HABIT; TP53 GENE; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; WART VIRUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; GENES, P53; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NOSE NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960969631     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: 18790461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2010.08.002     Document Type: Review

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