Heterogeneity of TERT promoter mutations status in squamous cell carcinomas of different anatomical sites

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 146-148

  Cheng, Katherine A ^a   Kurtis, Boaz ^a   Babayeva, Sabina ^a   Zhuge, Jian ^a   Tantchou, Irlna ^a   Cai, Dongming ^b   Lafaro, Rocco J ^a   Fallon, John T ^a   Zhong, Minghao ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Squamous cell carcinoma; TERT promoter mutations

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERASE; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SKIN SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SKIN TUMOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84929283787     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: 15328198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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