SYT-SSX fusion genes in synovial sarcoma of the thorax

Lung Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 391-397

  Yano, Masaaki ^a   Toyooka, Shinichi ^a   Tsukuda, Kazunori ^a   Dote, Hideaki ^a   Morimoto, Yuki ^a   Ohata, Norihide ^a   Ichimura, Kouichi ^a   Aoe, Motoi ^a   Date, Hiroshi ^a   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mediastinum; Pericardium; Synovial sarcoma; SYT SSX; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PERICARDIUM; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342618737     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2003.11.011     Document Type: Article

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