Article
Distinguishing second primary tumors from lung metastases in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Jul 1998
Leong P P, Rezai B, Koch W M, Reed A, Eisele D, Lee D J, Sidransky D, Jen J, Westra W H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the lung represents either another primary tumor or a metastasis. This distinction greatly influences patient prognosis and could guide treatment strategies, but the nature of a solitary...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
- Neoplasms, Second Primary