Advances in the pathology of penile carcinomas

Human Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 771-789

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

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

^b INSTITUTO DE PATOLOGÍA E INVESTIGACIÓN   (Paraguay)

^c Universidad del Norte School of Medicine   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

HPV; Penile cancer; Penile intraepithelial neoplasia; Prognosis; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL TYPE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; NOMOGRAM; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PENILE INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; PENIS CARCINOMA; PENIS TUMOR; PSEUDOEPITHELIOMATOUS HYPERPLASIA; PSEUDOGLANDULAR CARCINOMA; PSEUDOHYPERPLASTIC CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SARCOMATOID CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERRUCIFORM TUMOR; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA; VIRUS GENOME; WART VIRUS;

EID: 84861144521     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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