Article
Cytogenetic alterations in laryngeal carcinomas.
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery - 1 Dec 1992
Allegra E, Garozzo A, Grillo A, Catalano G B
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to determine the most frequent chromosomal abnormalities in laryngeal carcinomas. Biopsy specimens of surgical resections from laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas from 15 patients representing different degrees of histologic differentiation were analyzed in short-term culture. Nine of the 15 tumors were hypodiploid with 41 to 45 chromosomes, and four of the 15 tumors were polyploid...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Laryngeal Neoplasms
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Ploidies
