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Renal cell carcinoma and a constitutional t(11;22)(q23;q11.2): case report and review of the potential link between the constitutional t(11;22) and cancer.
Cancer genetics - 1 Nov 2012
Doyen Jérôme, Carpentier Xavier, Haudebourg Juliette, Hoch Benjamin, Karmous-Benailly Houda, Ambrosetti Damien, Fabas Thibault, Amiel Jean, Lambert Jean-Claude, Pedeutour Florence
Abstract excerpt
We observed a t(11;22)(q23-24;q11.2-12) and monosomy 3 in renal tumor cells from a 72-year-old man. The hypothesis of a primitive peripheral neuroectodermal tumor (PPNET) located in the kidney was promptly excluded: Histologically, the tumor was a clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and we did not observe an EWSR1 gene rearrangement. The constitutional origin of this alteration was established. We report on the...
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