Pax-8 is a reliable marker in making the diagnosis in advanced stage epithelial ovarian carcinoma and primary peritoneal carcinoma for neoadjuvant chemotherapy on cell block and biopsy specimens

Histopathology. 2012 May;60(6):1019-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.04172.x. Epub 2012 Feb 20.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / metabolism
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
  • Biopsy
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Colonic Neoplasms / secondary
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry / methods
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • PAX8 Transcription Factor
  • Paired Box Transcription Factors / metabolism*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • PAX8 Transcription Factor
  • PAX8 protein, human
  • Paired Box Transcription Factors