PAX8 immunostaining of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: A reliable means of discerning thyroid origin for undifferentiated tumors of the head and neck

Human Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1873-1877

  Bishop, Justin A ^a   Sharma, Rajni ^a   Westra, William H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma; Cell carcinomas of the head and neck; PAX8 immunostaining

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8;

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD; HUMANS; NECK; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80053976867     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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