Homogeneous staining regions for cyclin D1, a marker of poor prognosis in malignant melanoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 487-490

  Gammon, Bryan ^a   Ali, Liaqat ^b   Guitart, Joan ^a   Gerami, Pedram ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclin D1; FISH; homogeneous staining region; melanoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMOGENOUS STAINING REGION; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MITOSIS INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; CYCLIN D1; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862861976     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31823894f8     Document Type: Article

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