Round cell sarcomas - Biologically important refinements in subclassification

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 493-504

  Mariño Enríquez, Adrián ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CIC DUX4; Ewing; EWSR1; Sarcoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CCNB3 PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; ONCOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN EWS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; BCOR PROTEIN, HUMAN; CCNB3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CIC-DUX4 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYCLIN B; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

BCOR GENE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; EWING SARCOMA; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; ROUND CELL SARCOMA; SARCOMA; TISSUE STRUCTURE; CARCINOMA; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SMALL CELL SARCOMA;

CARCINOMA; CYCLIN B; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PATHOLOGY, MOLECULAR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SARCOMA, EWING; SARCOMA, SMALL CELL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84905036857     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: 18785875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2014.04.022     Document Type: Review

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