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Prognostic determinants in epithelioid sarcoma.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Jan 2011
Gasparini Patrizia, Facchinetti Federica, Boeri Mattia, Lorenzetto Erica, Livio Anna, Gronchi Alessandro, Ferrari Andrea, Massimino Maura, Spreafico Filippo, Giangaspero Felice, Forni Marco, Maestro Roberta, Alaggio Rita, Pilotti Silvana, Collini Paola, Modena Piergiorgio, Sozzi Gabriella
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Epithelioid sarcoma (ES) is a rare soft tissue neoplasm that usually arises in the distal extremities of young adults, presents a high rate of recurrences and metastases and frequently poses diagnostic dilemmas. In order to identify markers useful for patient stratification purposes, we investigated the prognostic impact of clinical and molecular patient characteristics, including the status of...
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