Article
A study of the heterogeneity of the mucoepidermoid tumor and the implication for future therapies.
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery - 1 Nov 1992
Ross D A, Huaman J A, Barsky S H
Abstract excerpt
Mucoepidermoid carcinomas are common head and neck neoplasms whose wide distribution includes the major salivary glands, especially parotid, the minor salivary glands within the oropharynx, sites within the larynx, and the submucosal bronchial glands. These tumors are heterogeneous neoplasms composed of intermediate, squamous, and mucous cell subpopulations and have been traditionally classified as low or high...
Topics
- Animals
- Carcinoma
- Cell Division
- Cell Separation
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mice
- Mice, Nude
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
