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Molecular analysis of phyllodes tumors reveals distinct changes in the epithelial and stromal components.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Mar 2000
Sawyer E J, Hanby A M, Ellis P, Lakhani S R, Ellis I O, Boyle S, Tomlinson I P
Abstract excerpt
Phyllodes tumors are fibroepithelial mammary lesions that tend to behave in a benign fashion but may undergo sarcomatous transformation. A study of clonality in these tumors has suggested that the epithelial component is polyclonal, but the stroma is monoclonal, and thus forms the neoplastic component of the lesion. In this study microsatellites on chromosome 1q and chromosome 3p were assessed for allelic...
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