Two cases of low-grade endometriod carcinoma associated with undifferentiated carcinoma of the uterus (dedifferentiated carcinoma): A molecular study

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 523-528

  Giordano, Giovanna ^a   D'Adda, Tiziana ^a   Bottarelli, Lorena ^a   Lombardi, Mariano ^a   Brigati, Francesca ^a   Berretta, Roberto ^a   Merisio, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dedifferentiated carcinoma; Endometrial undifferentiated carcinoma; Loss of heterozygosity; Microsatellite Instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DEDIFFERENTIATION CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863438099     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: 15322807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-011-9386-7     Document Type: Article

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