Histopathological features of clinical perineural invasion of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and the potential implications for treatment

Head and Neck

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1611-1618

  Panizza, Benedict ^a,b   Warren, Timothy A ^a,b,c   Solares, C Arturo ^d   Boyle, Glen M ^c   Lambie, Duncan ^a   Brown, Ian ^e  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Envoi Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

head and neck neoplasms; perineurium; peripheral nerve neoplastic infiltration; skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEEK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MALE; MAXILLARY NERVE; METASTASIS; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PERINEURAL INVASION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CARCINOMA; SPINAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR INVASION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 84924152287     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23509     Document Type: Article

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