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Evidence for Polyclonal Origin of Multifocal Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
15 Dec 2008
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PURPOSE: Renal cell carcinomas are often multifocal. We investigated the genomic signatures of multifocal clear cell renal cell carcinoma to determine whether multiple tumors in the same kidney bear a clonal relationship to one another. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A total of 62 tumors from 26 patients who underwent radical nephrectomy were examined. All patients had multiple separate clear cell renal carcinomas. Loss of...
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