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Pleuropulmonary blastoma: A report on 350 central pathology–confirmed pleuropulmonary blastoma cases by the <scp>I</scp> nternational <scp>P</scp> leuropulmonary <scp>B</scp> lastoma <scp>R</scp> egistry
10 Sept 2014
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BACKGROUND: Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) has 3 subtypes on a tumor progression pathway ranging from type I (cystic) to type II (cystic/solid) and type III (completely solid). A germline mutation in DICER1 is the genetic cause in the majority of PPB cases. METHODS: Patients confirmed to have PPB by central pathology review were included, and their clinical characteristics and outcomes were reported. Germline...
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