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A Molecular Study of Pediatric Spindle and Sclerosing Rhabdomyosarcoma: Identification of Novel and Recurrent VGLL2-related Fusions in Infantile Cases.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Feb 2016
Alaggio Rita, Zhang Lei, Sung Yun-Shao, Huang Shih-Chiang, Chen Chun-Liang, Bisogno Gianni, Zin Angelica, Agaram Narasimhan P, LaQuaglia Michael P, Wexler Leonard H, Antonescu Cristina R
Abstract excerpt
Sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma (ScRMS) and spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma (SRMS) have been recently reclassified as a stand-alone pathologic entity, separate from embryonal RMS. Genetically, a subset of the congenital cases display NCOA2 gene rearrangements, whereas tumors occurring in older children or adults harbor MYOD1 gene mutations with or without coexisting PIK3CA mutations. Despite these recent advances, a...
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