Anaplastic thymic carcinoma: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 6 cases

Human Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 874-877

  Weissferdt, Annikka ^a   Moran, Cesar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic carcinoma; Mediastinum; Thymic carcinoma; Undifferentiated carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYTOKERATIN; PANCYTOKERATIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC THYMIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THORAX PAIN; THYMUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861192398     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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