Primary pulmonary myxoid sarcoma with ewsr1-creb1 fusion: A new tumor entity

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1722-1732

  Thway, Khin ^a   Nicholson, Andrew G ^b   Lawson, Kay ^b   Gonzalez, David ^c   Rice, Alexandra ^b   Balzer, Bonnie ^d   Swansbury, John ^c   Min, Toon ^c   Thompson, Lisa ^c   Adu Poku, Kwame ^e   Campbell, Anne ^f   Fisher, Cyril ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BEDFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bronchus; extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma; lung; myxoid sarcoma; translocation

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; CREB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; EWSR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SARCOMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80054997207     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318227e4d2     Document Type: Article

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