Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: Subclassification into Basal, Ductal, and Mixed Subtypes Based on Comparison of Clinico-pathologic Features and Expression of p53, Cyclin D1, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, p16, and Human Papillomavirus

• Main Authors: Kyung-Ja Cho (Author), Se Un Jeong (Author), Sung Bae Kim (Author), Sang-wook Lee (Author), Seung-Ho Choi (Author), Soon Yuhl Nam (Author), Sang Yoon Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma with distinct pathologic characteristics. The histogenesis of BSCC is not fully understood, and the cancer has been suggested to originate from a totipotent primitive cell in the basal cell layer of the s...