Clinicopathological significance of NUT rearrangements in poorly differentiated malignant tumors of the upper respiratory tract

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-110

  Fang, Wei ^a,b   French, Christopher A ^c   Cameron, Michael J ^c   Han, Yiding ^a   Liu, Honggang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

BRD4 NUT; NUT midline carcinoma; poorly differentiated malignant tumor; upper respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN IN TESTIS; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NUT PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FRONTAL SINUS; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; FUSION GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; KERATINIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; NUCLEOLUS; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; CARCINOMA; GENETICS; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875760030     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896912451651     Document Type: Review

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