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Genetic and immunohistochemical analysis of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma: frequent allelic loss on chromosome 11p and alterations in the APC/beta-catenin pathway.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Mar 2002
Abraham Susan C, Wu Tsung-Teh, Hruban Ralph H, Lee Jae-Hyuk, Yeo Charles J, Conlon Kevin, Brennan Murray, Cameron John L, Klimstra David S
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Acinar cell carcinomas (ACCs) are rare malignant tumors of the exocrine pancreas. The specific molecular alterations that characterize ACCs have not yet been elucidated. ACCs are morphologically and genetically distinct from the more common pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas. Instead, the morphological, immunohistochemical, and clinical features of ACCs overlap with those of another rare pancreatic neoplasm,...
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