Undifferentiated carcinoma of the oropharynx: A human papillomavirus- associated tumor with a favorable prognosis

Modern Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1306-1312

  Carpenter, Danielle H ^a   El Mofty, Samir K ^a   Lewis Jr , James S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

human papillomavirus; lymphoepithelial; lymphoepithelioma; p16; undifferentiated

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80053575766     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.87     Document Type: Review

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