Frequency of known gene rearrangements in endometrial stromal tumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1364-1372

  Chiang, Sarah ^a   Ali, Rola ^b   Melnyk, Nataliya ^b   McAlpine, Jessica N ^b   Huntsman, David G ^b   Gilks, C Blake ^b   Lee, Cheng Han ^b   Oliva, Esther ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

endometrial stromal tumor; gene fusion; molecular pathogenesis; translocation; uterine extrauterine endometrial stromal sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EPC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; JAZF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SUZ12 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL TUMOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TISSUE MICROARRAY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL TUMORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 81155159837     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182262743     Document Type: Article

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