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PTEN mutation is rare in chondrosarcoma.
Diagnostic molecular pathology : the American journal of surgical pathology, part B - 1 Mar 2002
Lin Chuzhao, Meitner Patricia A, Terek Richard M
Abstract excerpt
Chondrosarcoma is the second most common primary malignant neoplasm of bone in adults, but the major genetic events involved in the progression of this often-fatal cancer remain to be elucidated. Loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 10q has been reported in 67% of chondrosarcoma. The tumor suppressor gene PTEN is located on chromosome 10q, specifically 10q23, raising the possibility that the loss of PTEN function...
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