Pleomorphic mesothelioma: Report of 10 cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1011-1022

  Ordó̃ez, Nelson G ^a  

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

Author keywords

electron microscopy; histopathology; immunohistochemistry; mesothelioma; pleomorphic

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CALRETININ; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD15 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7; MESOTHELIN; NUCLEOLIN; PODOPLANIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; WT1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MICROVILLUS; MITOSIS RATE; NUCLEOLUS; PATIENT CARE; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863424076     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.39     Document Type: Article

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