A proposed explanation for female predominance in alveolar soft part sarcoma: Noninactivation of X; autosome translocation fusion gene?

Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1245-1253

  Bu, Xiangdong ^a,b   Bernstein, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Gabriel Valley Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar soft part sarcoma; ASPS; Female predominance; Nonreciprocal translocation; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOMA, ALVEOLAR SOFT PART; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 14744270430     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20899     Document Type: Article

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