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squamous cell carcinoma

Monday 13 October 2014

squamous-cell carcinomas; SCC; squamous cell carcinoma; SCCs

Examples

 squamous cell carcinoma

 sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma

 cytology

  • squamous cell carcinoma

Localization

 heand and neck squamous cell carcinoma

 pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma
 cervical squamous cell carcinoma
 vaginal squamous cell carcinoma
 vulvar squamous cell carcinoma
 ovarian squamous cell carcinoma
 anal squamous cell carcinoma
 cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Physiopathology

 sun exposition (cutaneous SCC)
 HPV infection (head and neck SCC, cervical SCC, anal SCC)
 tobacco exposition
 chemical cancerogenesis

Molecular biology

 SOX2 controls tumour initiation and cancer stem-cell functions in squamous-cell carcinoma. (24909994)

References

 SOX2 controls tumour initiation and cancer stem-cell functions in squamous-cell carcinoma. Boumahdi S, Driessens G, Lapouge G, Rorive S, Nassar D, Le Mercier M, Delatte B, Caauwe A, Lenglez S, Nkusi E, Brohée S, Salmon I, Dubois C, del Marmol V, Fuks F, Beck B, Blanpain C. Nature. 2014 Jul 10;511(7508):246-50. doi : 10.1038/nature13305 PMID: 24909994