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Distinct patterns of chromosomal losses in clinically synchronous and asynchronous bilateral renal cell carcinoma.
The Journal of urology - 1 Dec 2002
Kito Hiroki, Suzuki Hiroshi, Igarashi Tatsou, Tobe Toyofusa, Mizoguchi Ken'ichi, Kamiya Naoto, Ichikawa Tomohiko, Ito Haruo
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Bilateral renal cell carcinoma has been reported to occur in 1% to 4% of patients with renal cancer. However, whether bilateral renal cell carcinoma involves metastatic lesions of the contralateral kidney or develops as simultaneous primary tumors remains unclear to date. Thus, we investigated chromosomal losses and von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene abnormalities in bilateral tumors from patients with...
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