Prospective testing of mucoepidermoid carcinoma for the MAML2 translocation: Clinical Implications

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1690-1694

  Chiosea, Simion I ^a   Dacic, Sanja ^a   Nikiforova, Marina N ^a   Seethala, Raja R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

MAML2 translocation; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; prospective testing

Indexed keywords

MAML2 PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864398248     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22419     Document Type: Review

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