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Genomic Characterization of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.
European urology - 1 Dec 2015
Sfakianos John P, Cha Eugene K, Iyer Gopa, Scott Sasinya N, Zabor Emily C, Shah Ronak H, Ren Qinghu, Bagrodia Aditya, Kim Philip H, Hakimi A Ari, Ostrovnaya Irina, Ramirez Ricardo, Hanrahan Aphrothiti J, Desai Neil B, Sun Arony, Pinciroli Patrizia, Rosenberg Jonathan E, Dalbagni Guido, Schultz Nikolaus, Bajorin Dean F, Reuter Victor E, Berger Michael F, Bochner Bernard H, Al-Ahmadie Hikmat A, Solit David B, Coleman Jonathan A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Despite a similar histologic appearance, upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) tumors have distinct epidemiologic and clinicopathologic differences. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the differences between UTUC and UCB result from intrinsic biological diversity. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Tumor and germline DNA from patients with UTUC (n=83) and...
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