The use of Desmocollin-2 and Cytokeratin-14 for detection of squamous cell differentiation in urothelial carcinoma
OBJECTIVE To investigate Desmocollin-2 (DSC-2) com pared to Cytokeratin-14 (CK-14) for detection of SquamousCell Carcinoma (SCC) and squamous differentiation of Urothelial Carcinoma (UC) of the urinary bladder METHODS The study included 90 cases of radical cystetomy specimens (69 and 21 ) divided into 35 cases SCC 38 cases UC, 13 cases undifferentiated carcinoma and 4 cases adenocarcinoma. The tissue blocks ... Read more