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Molecular genetics of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Jun 2014
Brugarolas James
Abstract excerpt
Renal cell carcinoma of clear-cell type (ccRCC) is an enigmatic tumor type, characterized by frequent inactivation of the VHL gene (infrequently mutated in other tumor types), responsiveness to angiogenesis inhibitors, and resistance to both chemotherapy and conventional radiation therapy. ccRCC tumors exhibit substantial mutation heterogeneity. Recent studies using massively parallel sequencing technologies have...
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