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Epithelioid sarcoma is associated with a high percentage of SMARCB1 deletions.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Mar 2013
Sullivan Lisa M, Folpe Andrew L, Pawel Bruce R, Judkins Alexander R, Biegel Jaclyn A
Abstract excerpt
SMARCB1 gene alterations were first described in highly malignant rhabdoid tumors of the kidney, brain (atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor) and soft tissue. An increasing number of tumors have now shown loss of SMARCB1 protein expression by immunohistochemistry, including the majority of epithelioid sarcomas. However, investigations of SMARCB1 gene alterations in epithelioid sarcoma have produced conflicting...
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