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Epithelial Tumor Markers: Cytokeratins and Tissue Polypeptide Antigen (TPA)

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Morphological Tumor Markers

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Pathology ((CT PATHOLOGY,volume 77))

Abstract

The concept of morphological tumor markers is derived from the fact that tumor cells express a specific, albeit limited, program of differentiation that usually represents at least a part of the differentiation program of the putative cell of origin. Epithelial tumor markers, which are discussed in this and the following contributions, should facilitate the identification and characterization of poorly differentiated and/or metastatic epithelial tumors in tissue sections, even though the morphological appearance of such neoplasms may be uncharacteristic.

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