2013
HER2 Expression Beyond Breast Cancer: Therapeutic Implications for Gynecologic Malignancies
English DP, Roque DM, Santin AD. HER2 Expression Beyond Breast Cancer: Therapeutic Implications for Gynecologic Malignancies. Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy 2013, 17: 85-99. PMID: 23529353, PMCID: PMC3660991, DOI: 10.1007/s40291-013-0024-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAggressive neoplasmCytotoxic chemotherapy agentsOverall poor survivalTyrosine kinase inhibitorsEpidermal growth factor (EGF) familyGrowth factor familyGynecologic malignanciesEndometrial cancerHER2 expressionClinical trialsOvarian cancerPoor survivalBreast cancerChemotherapy agentsC-erbB2 geneTherapeutic implicationsTumor typesHER2Monoclonal antibodiesSubset of breastKinase inhibitorsCancerNeoplasmsCell survivalBreast
2007
Claudin 4 identifies a wide spectrum of epithelial neoplasms and represents a very useful marker for carcinoma versus mesothelioma diagnosis in pleural and peritoneal biopsies and effusions
Facchetti F, Lonardi S, Gentili F, Bercich L, Falchetti M, Tardanico R, Baronchelli C, Lucini L, Santin A, Murer B. Claudin 4 identifies a wide spectrum of epithelial neoplasms and represents a very useful marker for carcinoma versus mesothelioma diagnosis in pleural and peritoneal biopsies and effusions. Virchows Archiv 2007, 451: 669-680. PMID: 17609977, DOI: 10.1007/s00428-007-0448-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis of mesotheliomaSpindle cell neoplasmCell neoplasmsEpithelial neoplasmsFollicular dendritic cell sarcomaDendritic cell sarcomaBiphasic synovial sarcomaNeoplastic mesothelial cellsMetastatic tumor cellsSerosal metastasisPeritoneal biopsiesReactive effusionsMetastatic carcinomaSynovial sarcomaPrimary carcinomaCell sarcomaMesotheliomaMesothelial cellsMesothelioma diagnosisReactive mesotheliumUseful markerCarcinomaClaudin-4NeoplasmsCytological samples