Article
Basal cell (basaloid) carcinoma of the lung: a new morphologic and phenotypic entity with separate prognostic significance.
Human pathology - 1 Sept 1992
Brambilla E, Moro D, Veale D, Brichon P Y, Stoebner P, Paramelle B, Brambilla C
Abstract excerpt
On review of 115 poorly or undifferentiated lung cancers from 671 lung tumors resected over a 7-year period, we have found 38 cases of basaloid carcinoma. The cardinal histopathologic features distinguishing this tumor from other non-small cell lung cancers are a lobular growth pattern of small c...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Keratins
- Lung Neoplasms
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Phenotype
- Prognosis
- Survival Analysis