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Sacrococcygeal chordomas in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex show somatic loss of TSC1 or TSC2.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Sept 2004
Lee-Jones Lisa, Aligianis Irene, Davies Peter A, Puga Ana, Farndon Peter A, Stemmer-Rachamimov Anat, Ramesh Vijaya, Sampson Julian R
Abstract excerpt
Chordomas are rare sacrococcygeal/sacral, sphenooccipital/clivus, and spinal tumors whose molecular etiology remains relatively understudied. As several anecdotal reports had described chordomas in individuals with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a multisystem hamartoma syndrome, we hypothesized that the genes that cause TSC may have an etiological role in chordomas. In two cases of sacrococcygeal chordomas in...
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