Stratification systems as prognostic tools for defining risk of lymph node metastasis in penile squamous cell carcinomas

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-89

  Chaux, Alcides ^a,b   Cubilla, Antonio L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Universidad del Norte School of Medicine   (Paraguay)

^c INSTITUTO DE PATOLOGÍA E INVESTIGACIÓN   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Histologic grade; Lymph node metastasis; Penile cancer; Perineural invasion; Prognostic factors; Squamous cell carcinoma; TNM stage

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; GELATINASE B; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISSECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PENIS CANCER; PENIS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STRATIFICATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84859771598     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: 19301111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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