The spectrum of EWSR1-rearranged neoplasms at a tertiary sarcoma centre; Assessing 772 tumour specimens and the value of current ancillary molecular diagnostic modalities

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 669-678

  Noujaim, Jonathan ^a   Jones, Robin L ^a   Swansbury, John ^b   Gonzalez, David ^b   Benson, Charlotte ^a   Judson, Ian ^a   Fisher, Cyril ^a   Thway, Khin ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EWSR1 PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN EWS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; EWSR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85011277058     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.4     Document Type: Article

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